Washington, Feb 19 (AFP/APP): President Joe Biden declared the “transatlantic alliance is back” Friday in a powerful speech seeking to reestablish the United States as leader of the West against what he called a global assault on democracy. The address to the annual Munich Security Conference — held by video link because of the Covid-19 pandemic — dovetailed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s welcoming of a return to “multilateralism” after the confrontational years of Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump. Making his first major international address on foreign policy since becoming president in January, Biden said traditional US allies should once again have confidence in … Continue reading Joe Biden declares the “transatlantic alliance is back” in a powerful speech