Biden arrived in Paris on Wednesday morning, and he was welcomed by French officials and an honor guard.
President Joe Biden leaves Air Force One after arriving at Orly airport, south of Paris, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Biden is in France to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day .
White House National Security adviser Jake Sullivan said aboard Air Force One on the way to France that Biden will stress how the men on those cliffs "put the country ahead of themselves" and detail "the dangers of isolationism, and how, if we back dictators and fail to stand up to them, they keep going and ultimately America and the world pays a greater price."
The two leaders also are expected to discuss the Middle East. Biden has invested geopolitical capital in brokering a ceasefire to the Israel-Hamas war that would see the release of hostages, even as he has maintained his staunch support for Israel and resisted European efforts to recognize a Palestinian state or investigate Israel over its handling of the war.
Although the two presidents are from the same generation — Biden, 81, was born one and a half years before D-Day; Trump, 77, was born two years after the invasion — they developed divergent views on Europe and American alliances over the years. Kupchan noted that "the bipartisan compact behind a steady and robust American internationalism has collapsed."
"It's every conversation. Every conversation is, what will happen?" said Max Bergmann, who leads Europe research at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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