A deep sadness envelopes Washington: Last World tour for President Biden and Blinken leaves the ‘boat’…

Biden blesses Kamala Harris before leaving Office.
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Biden plans foreign farewell tour with stops on multiple continents after vow to finish up his presidency strong, writes ‘The New York Post’.

President Biden is considering extensive international travel during his final four months in office – with possible stops in Europe, Africa and South America.

Biden, 81, is widely expected to attend a pair of international summits in South America shortly after the Nov. 5 election — but NBC News reported Thursday that he’s also considering October trips to Germany and at least one stop in sub-Saharan Africa.

“The team is pulling together options,” an official told the outlet.

White House spokespeople did not confirm or deny plans for a grand tour before Biden heads to Delaware for retirement on Jan. 20.

“As he has since his first day in office, President Biden will continue to strengthen our alliances and partnerships with countries around the world, meeting with foreign leaders and advancing our efforts to make us all safer and more secure,” National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett told The Post.

After a lengthy summer vacation on beaches on opposite coasts, Biden hit the road for three separate trips upon returning to Washington, all in key battleground states. He appeared with Harris in Pennsylvania on Labor Day Monday and capped the week with trips to Wisconsin and Michigan to tout his administration’s investments in rural communities.

A senior White House official said Biden would be on the road regularly in the coming months and would pursue additional action on student debt relief, lowering housing costs and eliminating junk fees, which are among some of his key domestic priorities.

The president has seen his favorability rating rise since he announced on July 21 that he would not seek a second term. A USA Today/Suffolk University poll published Tuesday showed Biden’s approval rating was at 48 percent, up from 41 percent in late June. A Quinnipiac University poll published in late August showed Biden with a 45 percent approval rating, his best mark in that poll since mid-2021.

White House aides are hoping to utilize this newfound energy to simultaneously remind voters of his accomplishments and make the case that there’s more to be done, and that Harris is the one who can follow through.

The president also has goals he wants to accomplish before leaving office, especially on big ticket issues that would add to his political legacy.

“The president will likely campaign with Vice President Harris when Harris thinks it’s helpful, and when Biden has availability. Harris has to walk a fine line between being the sitting VPOTUS, acknowledging and appreciating Joe Biden’s political sacrifice, and being a presidential candidate in her own right,” said Carney, a senior policy adviser at Nossaman LLP.

Aside from hitting the campaign trail, Biden has a challenging to-do list before January.

For starters, he’s made reaching a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza his first priority, a deal that would leave a stamp on his legacy after facing criticism, anger and divisions within the Democratic Party for how he’s handled Israel during the war.

In other international affairs, Biden at the United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month will have some of the last of his bilateral meetings with world leaders, many of whom he has known and worked with for decades.

(Nothing about Ukraine…)

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken (photo) made clear that he does not intend to continue into another Democratic administration, saying that he looks forward to having a lot more time with his kids very soon.

The acknowledgment — not a surprise, but still the first public acknowledgment of his plans — is another indicator that a Kamala Harris presidency would probably have a different foreign policy team from that of President Joe Biden. Harris has indicated she would generally continue Biden’s approach to international affairs, but she has also struck a more critical tone toward the Israeli government and civilian deaths in Gaza.

Asked at a news conference whether he would serve in a Harris administration if requested, Blinken said: “As to my own future, all I’m looking at right now is the balance of this administration and January. And I can tell you from having spent some time over the last week on… break with my kids, I will relish having a lot more time with them.”

Top U.S. diplomats rarely serve more than a single term, partly because of the grueling nature of the job. Blinken — who has two young children — spends about half of his time on the road, bouncing from time zone to time zone.

Although he has served in foreign policy roles across multiple Democratic administrations, Blinken has worked most closely over his career with Biden, who hired him when he was the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and took him along when he became vice president.

…Blinken is a longtime member of the Obama-Biden team.

Just look how the Obama team at the White House watches by broadcast the operation of the Bin Laden captures in Pakistan.