President Joe Biden said Monday that the results of last week’s midterm elections demonstrate an ongoing American commitment to participating in global affairs.
“I think the election held in United States, which still leaves a little bit uncertain, has sent a very strong message around the world that the United States is ready to play,” Biden said in Bali, Indonesia, where it was Monday night. “The Republicans who survived along with the Democrats are of the view that we’re going to stay fully engaged in the world and that we, in fact, know what we’re about.”
The president was in Bali as part of an international trip that began with a stop at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, before continuing onward to Cambodia for the ASEAN summit and ultimately to Indonesia, which has the presidency of the G-20 this year and is hosting the leaders’ summit starting on Tuesday.
