National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in an interview Sunday that Russia, China and Iran are “weak” and the United States is “safer” after four years under President Biden's leadership.
“Our alliances are stronger than they've been in the last four years,” Sullivan said on CNN's State of the Union, referring to President Trump's first term. “They are stronger than they have been in decades. NATO was stronger, more purposeful and bigger. Our alliances in the Asia Pacific are at an all-time high. And our adversaries and our competitors are weak across the board. Russia is weak, Iran is weak, China is weak, and we've kept America out of wars all along.”
“I think the American people are safer, and the country is better off than we were four years ago, and we're giving that to the next generation, as well as having the engines of America's electricity,” said Sullivan. “Our economy, our technology, our defense industrial base, our supply chains. So the United States is in a stronger, more secure position, and our competitors and our adversaries are weaker and weaker.” a pressure.”
Biden's presidency was under control failed to exit Afghanistan in 2021Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel, as the Pentagon assesses the growing threat of Islamic extremism worldwide.
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Much of Trump's promise to voters as he campaigned for a second term in 2024 focused on justice for families. 13 US workers were killed at Abbey Gate and forcefully promised peace on the world stage.
Sullivan defended Biden's handling of the impeachment on Sunday.
Jake Sullivan during a press conference in the James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“If we were still here Afghanistan todayAmericans would be fighting to the death, Russia would have more power than us, we wouldn't be able to respond to the big challenges we face,” Sullivan said.
“We have not seen, although the investigation is ongoing, any connection between Afghanistan and raider in New Orleans“he added, referring to the New Year's Day truck attack on Bourbon Street. “Now the FBI will continue to look for foreign connections, maybe we will find them, but what we saw is proof of that President Biden. said, is that the threat of terrorism has become more prevalent elsewhere, including domestic extremists here in the United States – not only under President Biden, but under President Trump in his first term, and that . that's part of why we've had to shift our focus from the hot war in Afghanistan to more serious efforts to fight terrorism around the world.”
In the final weeks of his presidency, Biden is rushing billions of dollars in US aid for Ukraine before Trump takes office.
Israeli protesters take part in a weekly anti-government protest demanding a ceasefire and a hostage exchange deal on January 11, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (ORI AVIRAM/Middle East Pictures/AFP via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the Republican president-elect said that the war in Ukraine would not have started under his leadership and vowed to broker a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv.
At a news conference from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, last week, Trump warned Hamas terrorists that “all hell will break loose” in the Middle East if the remaining hostages are not released first. he started work. January 20th.
Regarding the status of negotiations, Sullivan said, “We're very close, but very close still means we're far because until you get to the end, we're not there.”
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Sullivan emphasized how President Biden's senior adviser on the Middle East, Brett McGuirk, has been in Doja for a week “discussing with mediators the final details of the text to be presented to both sides.”
“And we're still committed to spending every day we're in the office doing this,” Sullivan said.
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Steve Witcoff, Trump's Special Envoy to Middle Easthe told reporters last week that he saw progress in the hostage talks, but an agreement must be reached by Inauguration Day. “If those hostages don't come back — I don't want to spoil your conversation — if they don't come back by the time I take office, all hell will break loose in the Middle East,” Trump said from Florida. “And it won't be good for Hamas. And it won't be good, frankly, for anybody. All hell will break loose.”