Biden concludes first G-7 as president declaring 'America is back at the table' | TheHill

President BidenJoe BidenEx-Biden adviser says Birx told him she hoped election turned out 'a certain way' Cheney rips Arizona election audit: 'It is an effort to subvert democracy' News leaders deal with the post-Trump era MORE on Sunday sounded a triumphant note at the conclusion of the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in the United Kingdom, declaring "America is back at the table" while making thinly veiled swipes at the foreign policy of former President TrumpDonald TrumpEx-DOJ official Rosenstein says he was not aware of subpoena targeting Democrats: report Ex-Biden adviser says Birx told him she hoped election turned out 'a certain way' Cheney rips Arizona election audit: 'It is an effort to subvert democracy' MORE.

"The lack of participation in the past and full engagement was noticed significantly, not only by the leaders of those countries but by the people in the G-7 countries. America is back in the business of leading the world alongside nations who share our most deeply held values," Biden said in opening remarks at a press conference before departing for London to meet with Queen Elizabeth II.

Biden pointed to the U.S.'s commitments to fight the coronavirus pandemic and climate change and its loyalty to NATO allies and others in implicit and at times explicit rebukes of Trump's foreign policy.

Other G-7 leaders, including French President Emmanuel MacronEmmanuel Jean-Michel MacronSunday shows preview: Biden foreign policy in focus as Dem tensions boil up back home Biden has convinced allies 'America is back,' says France's Macron Socially-distanced 'action figure' photo of G7 leaders goes viral MORE and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, commented over the weekend on the return of U.S.

The former president refused to sign the joint communique at the 2018 G-7 and criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin TrudeauJustin Pierre James TrudeauSocially-distanced 'action figure' photo of G7 leaders goes viral Biden presses G-7 to take firmer stance against China GoFundMe for boy orphaned in attack on Muslim family in Canada surpasses 0K MORE as he departed the summit.