In 2009, Vice President Joe Biden came to Munich to "press the reset button" with Russia. Ten years later, he returned to the world to provide better relations, this time with his own country.
After Donald Trump left office and promised "America will come back", Biden won a standing ovation at the Munich Security Conference. Delegates thought the president's foreign policy stance was difficult to understand.
But European diplomats and politicians attending the meeting said that in the face of Trump's confidence, their euphoria also exposed the weakening of Western diplomacy.
Biden's successor, Michael Pans, was silent at a magnificent reception in the Bavarian Parliament on Friday night when he issued his slogan: "I give you the greetings of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States."
Diplomats and officials said his four-day trip to Europe only deepened differences with traditional allies on issues such as Iran and Venezuela, with little hope of dealing with threats ranging from nuclear weapons to climate change.
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