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An earlier version of Biden, who often called for working across the aisle, and who ran in 2020 as a bipartisan conciliator, might have deemed the tone excessively partisan.

The union applied for the help of a conciliator from Canada’s National Labour Board to help close the gap between the parties.

In that leadership vacuum, some have speculated that Bass could play conciliator.

"He was very much a conciliator at that point, so this is very different right now," Cantor said in an interview.

The United States and its allies have swallowed this line for decades, allowing China to pose as a mediator and conciliator between North Korea and its potential targets.