By Analysis by Luke McGee and Nicole Gaouette
CNN
June 19, 2021
(CNN)Joe Biden’s first overseas trip as US President — a whistle-stop diplomatic tour of Europe — achieved its primary goal of signaling to America’s closest friends that it was ready once more to lead the Western alliance.
Yet, while European leaders were delighted to see a US President extolling the values of multilateralism and Western stability, it’s going to take a lot more than a week-long visit to fully repair the damage done by four years of erratic hostility under Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump.