Yes Galen, its been a pretty disastrous opening 100 days. But no worse than one would have expected if you followed the election. The growing mess at the southern border was a certainty. That so many USians are now surprised by it shows how little they vetted the Democratic Party agenda.

The same goes for things like the Keystone pipeline. Biden promised it wouldn't be closed but it has been . That people fell for the promise is just astounding.

As regards the issue of the article, foreign policy, the starting point in understanding this is that Biden and most of his lieutenants are pro-China. In the case of Biden himself, the bribes he received from China via his son mean that he is likely hopelessly compromised. Already we see that China is operating as though they've measured him and found him wanting.

That the Biden will make the right noises when it doesn't matter such as complaining on behalf of Australia is to be expected. But concrete measures? Not so much.

A newly emboldened China is currently flexing it muscle against the Philippines and there's no indication of any push-back from Washington. Ditto Chinese military fly-overs against Taiwan.

Incredibly the US is threatening sanctions against Quad partner India, which suggests that the aim is to do China's bidding by neutering that alliance.

Around the world, nations are going to have to proceed on the basis that the US is no longer a reliable partner. The Quad might become the Triangle. Israel and its new allies will assume that the US will favour Iran. Biden and co is doing Russia a favour by helping oil prices to rise.

Australia has to make a decision and I don't think we have the wherewithal to do it. Either we go all in on supporting an alliance of second level anti-China states on the assumption that the US will be neutral. Or we accept what is probably now inevitable, especially when we consider that Biden will be replaced by Harris in the new two years....that China has already won.