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states s traditional allies, reassuring them that things will be different. 0ur alliances, reassuring them that things will be different. 0uralliances, he said, were not built by coercion or threats, but by democratic ideals and the power of our example. and, to that end, on his arrival in just the last few hours, news has been breaking that the president is to announce on this trip this week that the united states will buy 500 million pfizer coronavirus vaccines that it million pfizer coronavirus vaccines thatitis million pfizer coronavirus vaccines that it is going to donate to the rest of the world. that it is going to donate to the rest of the world. that s right. the us has been rest of the world. that s right. the us has been criticised rest of the world. that s right. the us has been criticised for- rest of the world. that s right. the us has been criticised for hoarding vaccine supplies in the new doses that president biden is going to announce he has bought will be sent t