#UnitedAgainstCoronavirus: “A Defining Moment For the Global Community” (Without the United States)

May 5, 2020 By domani spero in Coronavirus, Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Assistance, Foreign Policy, international organizations, Realities of the FS, Spectacular, State Department, Trends, Trump Tags: #UnitedAgainstCoronavirus, American First, COVID-19, COVID19 pandemic, EU, global response, Missing

And the United States…did not attend. https://t.co/Ac7tGbIZaK

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 4, 2020

“This is a defining moment for the global community.”

Read the op-ed by @GiuseppeConteIT 🇮🇹, @EmmanuelMacron 🇫🇷, Angela Merkel 🇩🇪, @erna_solberg 🇳🇴, @eucopresident 🇪🇺, @JustinTrudeau 🇨🇦 and @vonderleyen 🇪🇺#UnitedAgainstCoronavirus #GlobalResponse

— European Commission 🇪🇺 #UnitedAgainstCoronavirus (@EU_Commission) May 4, 2020

We stand #UnitedAgainstCoronavirus. Norway announces additional 1 billion USD to @gavi. To protect ourselves we must protect each other. For our #CommonFuture. pic.twitter.com/tkEExJvk3Z

— Norway MFA (@NorwayMFA) May 4, 2020

A successful effort by 🇪🇺 today to mobilize global funding for vaccine and others joint efforts to fight COVID19. There was strong support from 🇺🇳 and from around the world – one notable exception. https://t.co/Cd0vjrf9Yp

— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) May 4, 2020

Well, call just concluded. Question was asked SIX times why US is not participating in Global EU-led today on #Covid19 vaccine. No answer.

2 US senior officials mostly reading from script for 33 min., sometimes same info. Background on summit today: https://t.co/L9DtR8vZTM

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) May 4, 2020

This is the transcript of that bizarre State Department briefing this morning in which they wouldn’t answer basic questions. Do take the time to read: https://t.co/ZopGlX4PEB

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) May 4, 2020

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