March 9, 2022
By Gary Bauer
Donald Trump brought a commonsense approach to foreign policy. As a result, his foreign policy was coherent. "America First" made sense, and we didn't have a prolonged foreign policy crisis during his administration.
In fact, it was the first time in a long time that an American president DIDN'T start a war or initiate a new significant overseas military engagement.
But Joe Biden, who is supposed to be a foreign policy genius, has been bumbling from one foreign policy crisis to another like Mr. Magoo!
There's a reason that former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said, "Biden has been wrong about every major foreign policy issue for the past 40 years."
Here's the latest example.
There are multiple media reports that the Saudis and other Arab leaders will not return Biden's phone calls. That speaks volumes about Biden's weakness and how the rest of the world perceives him.
But why are they being so difficult now?
Well, one of the first things Joe Biden did when he took office was to cut off support for the Saudis in their fight against Yemeni terrorists called the Houthis. He not only cut off the Saudis, he also lifted sanctions on the Houthis.
The Houthis are heavily backed by Iran. They are another Iranian terror proxy just like Hamas and Hezbollah.
So, Joe Biden came into office and outraged the Saudis. Just a few months ago, he bragged to Anderson Cooper that he wouldn't take THEIR calls. (He also told Cooper that gas prices would start coming down this year. Wrong again.) But that's not all.
He launched a major effort to get us back into the Iranian nuclear deal, which will end sanctions on Iran, Saudi Arabia's major enemy. The Iranians hate the Saudis almost as much as they hate Israel.
So, Biden first attacked the American energy industry, then he stuck his finger in the eye of the Saudis. Now we're in a major foreign policy crisis where energy is a major issue, and the Saudis won't return Biden's phone calls.
He can't take regulations off our energy industry or the left will go nuts. So, he's begging Venezuela and Iran to bail him out.
Can anyone point out the "foreign policy genius" in any of this?
For all the left's fretting about how Donald Trump was alienating our allies, Joe Biden's arrogance and idiocy has put the United States in a terrible position -- just as we may be on the brink of another world war.
And don't forget that under Biden's leadership, our NATO ally France recalled its ambassador from the United States for the first time in history!
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