Opinion | David A. Andelman: After Boris Johnson's slavish devotion to Trump, can he bond with Biden? - NBCNewsTHINK
said both leaders expect their meeting to"just cover the waterfront — I mean, really, a wide range of issues where the two of them see eye to eye."with Johnson more than a month ago was described as having"affirmed the strong alliance between our two countries."
But Biden can't get too cozy with Johnson — and carve too generous a trade deal — without risking setting off alarms across the channel in France. After Britain finally managed to separate itself, amid great trauma, from the E.U.
Macron appears willing and able to step in seamlessly, which also would help his chances in his own bid for a second term in next spring's elections in France. Already, he has made steps toward claiming this mantle, proposing the creation of a"true European army." And his Europe and Foreign Affairs Ministry has promulgated"So Biden should be cultivating his relationship with Macron as carefully as the one with Johnson.
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