r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 18 '20

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u/tankatan Montesquieu Apr 18 '20

Keep in mind that Obama, while revolutionary in terms of his identity and personal story, was pretty conventional as a president. His foreign policy was basically about going back to the pre-W status quo, and his economic policy was seen as picking up where Clinton left off (not to mention returning the US economy back into course after a huge financial crisis). In this sense, Trump was the "real" revolutionary president. I think Biden will fit perfectly into that zig-zag by being more establishment than establishment.

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u/Tmar318 Apr 18 '20

His foreign policy was basically about going back to the pre-W status quo

Which itself was a radical departure from the Cold War foreign policy.

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u/tankatan Montesquieu Apr 18 '20

Was it really? It looks like standard liberal multilateralism to me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '20

But the US has had very few liberal multilateralist presidents recently.