to compare what foreign policy differences there would be between Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris is a bit difficult. For starters Harris adds more Israeli allegiance to the ticket but Trump/Pence Israel policy is still more Zionist and hardcore. (cont)
Biden is trying to ‘out hawk’ Trump on China rhetorically but is it real? It seems with either presidency we’ll get a Cold War or actual hot war with either China or Russia (if Biden wins). So I guess take your pick on which pathway to World War 3 you’re most comfortable with?
Biden presidency raises the possibility of Syrian regime change again (‘Assad must go’) which temporarily seems taken off the table in the Trump admin. Regardless of troops, horrible massive bombings in the Middle East will still continue under both presidencies
While Biden has also acted like a hawk on Venezuela, I see Trumps admin as more focused on the nationalist/neocon hybrid of Monroe Doctrine hemisphere imperialism, Coup-making and regime change in South America will be worse in a Trump 2nd term.
Iran policy is harder to pin down or speculate on, Trump took us very close to an actual war with Iran perhaps closer than ever before. Obama/Biden were part of some sketchy war making shit on Iran like stuxnet and assassinations, but the Iran deal was actually lowering tensions
It’s possible if Biden includes some of the ‘better’ team-Obama people like Rhodes, Iran deal will be back on the table, but even if the Iran deal is reinstated bet on Biden still acquiescing to Israel if they ever decide to attack Iran. Biden is basically a more neocon Obama
My prediction is a Trump admin would continue to be aggressive towards Iran, China and Venezuela in ways that a Biden presidency would not, but on the flip side Biden would be aggressive towards Russia and Syria in ways Trump is not. Obama era people still want to overthrow Assad
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