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拜登稱他的外交政策知識甚至可以與基辛格相媲美
阿凱拉·加德納，彭博新聞
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/biden-says-his-foreign-policy-knowledge-equals-even-kissinger-1.1935292
2022 年 11 月 9 日星期三，美國總統喬·拜登在美國華盛頓特區白宮國宴廳舉行的新聞發布會上微笑。拜登在中期選舉後發表講話，民主黨在中期選舉中表現好於預期並避免了選舉 周二晚上的投票中出現了最壞的情況，因為人們擔心的共和黨浪潮未能實現。 , 彭博社
（彭博社）——總統喬·拜登周一讚揚了自己在外交政策方麵的經驗，稱這與任何人都平等，包括資深外交官亨利·基辛格。
“我要說一些令人憤慨的話。 我認為我對美國外交政策的了解與包括基辛格博士在內的任何活著的人一樣多，”拜登在加利福尼亞州阿瑟頓的一場籌款活動上說道。
“這就是我一生所做的事情，在過去的 207 年裏，”80 歲的曆史上最年長的美國總統拜登在一個關於他年齡的笑話中補充道。
基辛格是諾貝爾和平獎獲得者，曾在 20 世紀 70 年代擔任美國最高外交官和國家安全顧問，為理查德·尼克鬆和傑拉爾德·福特總統服務，並著有《論中國》和《外交》等多部著作。
基辛格最近慶祝了他的 100 歲生日。 本月早些時候，基辛格在接受彭博新聞社主編約翰·米克爾思韋特采訪時表示，他認為，如果緊張局勢繼續按照“目前的軌跡”發展，中國和台灣之間可能會發生軍事衝突。
“但我也認為目前的關係軌跡必須改變，”他補充道。
基辛格在美國國務卿安東尼·布林肯訪問北京的幾天前發表了講話，成為五年來訪問北京的最高級別的美國官員。
布林肯結束了為期兩天的會議，包括與中國國家主席習近平的會談，並於周一表示，他希望世界上最大的兩個經濟體能夠“更好地溝通，更好地接觸”。
拜登對記者表示，訪問結束後，美中關係恢複取得了進展。
拜登在加州籌款之旅中，在風險投資家史蒂夫·韋斯特利 (Steve Westly) 和他的妻子安妮塔 (Anita) 的家中發表了有關基辛格的評論，當時他正加大力度爭取 2024 年連任。 總統在講話中吹捧了他的外交政策記錄，稱他曾警告基輔俄羅斯將入侵烏克蘭，俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾·普京錯誤地認為北約將在入侵麵前分裂。
“如果你注意到的話，普京在入侵時幾乎肯定他會分裂北約，”拜登說。 “北約比以往任何時候都更加團結。”
拜登表示，任職這麽長時間的好處之一是他能夠會見幾乎每一位世界領導人。 在成為巴拉克·奧巴馬領導下的副總統之前，拜登在特拉華州參議院代表了三十多年，其中包括擔任外交關係委員會主席。
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Biden Says His Foreign Policy Knowledge Equals Even Kissinger
Akayla Gardner, Bloomberg News
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/biden-says-his-foreign-policy-knowledge-equals-even-kissinger-1.1935292
US President Joe Biden smiles during a news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Biden is speaking following a midterm election in which Democrats fared better than expected and avoided a worst-case scenario in Tuesday night's vote as a feared Republican wave failed to materialize. , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden praised his own experience in foreign policy on Monday, saying it was the equal of anyone — including veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger.
“I’m going to say something outrageous. I think I know as much about American foreign policy as anybody living, including Dr. Kissinger,” said Biden at a fundraiser in Atherton, California.
“That’s what I’ve done my whole life, for the last 207 years,” Biden, the oldest US president in history at 80, added in a joke about his age.
Kissinger, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, served as the top US diplomat and national security adviser in the 1970s, serving Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and is the author of numerous books, including “On China” and “Diplomacy.”
Kissinger recently celebrated his 100th birthday. In an interview earlier this month with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Kissinger said he believes military conflict between China and Taiwan is likely if tensions continue on their “current trajectory.”
“But I also think the current trajectory of relations must be altered,” he added.
Kissinger spoke days before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Beijing, becoming the highest-ranking US official to visit in five years.
Blinken wrapped up two days of meetings, including talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and said Monday he hoped the world’s two largest economies would have “better communications, better engagement going forward.”
Biden told reporters there had been progress in restoring US-China ties after the visit.
Biden made his comments about Kissinger at the home of venture capitalist Steve Westly and his wife Anita, during a fundraising trip to California as he ramps up his 2024 reelection bid. In his remarks, the president touted his foreign policy record, saying he had warned Kyiv that Russia would invade Ukraine and that Russian President Vladimir Putin wrongly thought NATO would fracture in the face of the invasion.
“If you notice, Putin was virtually certain when he invaded that he was going to split NATO,” Biden said. “NATO is more united than it’s ever been.”
Biden said one of the benefits of serving in office for such a long time was that he had been able to meet virtually every world leader. Before becoming vice president under Barack Obama, Biden represented Delaware in the Senate for over three decades, including stints as the chair of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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