“It’s disrespectful to diplomacy to ‘pass’ the incumbent and meet the former.” Biden administration warns leaders meeting with Trump

Argentina’s president meets only with Trump in February to protest government’s “foreign interference in elections” Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party vice-president also meets with Trump

The US administration of Joe Biden (pictured) is raising strong complaints as top figures from major countries, including the UK, Argentina, and Hungary, rush to meet former President Donald Trump, who is seeking re-election in the US presidential election this November. The act of ‘passing’ incumbent President Biden and meeting only former President Trump or meeting former President Trump before members of the Biden administration is considered a kind of ‘diplomatic disrespect.’

According to the political media Axios on the 22nd, the Biden administration announced that Argentine President Javier Millais, who visited the United States in February of this year, attended the ‘Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)’, an opposition Republican political event held in Maryland, near Washington, and met former President Trump. There was a strong protest against this.

President Millay has many similarities to former President Trump, including extreme right-wing tendencies, harsh words and actions, small government, and tax cuts, and is called ‘Argentina’s Trump.’ At that time, he did not meet President Biden. In response, U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Mark Stanley argued to Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino that President Millay’s attendance only at Republican-related rallies was ‘external interference in the U.S. election.’ Earlier on the 8th, Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who served as Prime Minister of the British ruling Conservative Party, visited the Mar-a-Lago Resort in Florida, the home of former President Trump. Secretary Cameron met with U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken, his counterpart in the Biden administration, a day later. Last month, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, also known as the “Trump of Eastern Europe” and known for his extreme right-wing tendencies, also met with former President Trump at Mar-a-Lago Resort. Prime Minister Orbán also did not meet President Biden.

Japan, considered America’s best ally, is also preparing for former President Trump’s return to power by working hard for him. Taro Aso, vice-president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, agreed to meet with former President Trump in New York on the 23rd. It has been about 10 days since Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the United States as a state guest. Deputy Governor Aso served as Deputy Prime Minister during the tenure of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was considered the closest leader to former President Trump. He attended the 2017 US-Japan summit and also played golf with former President Trump, who is a golf enthusiast.

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