Biden leaves China, Russia and Iran ‘weaker’, America ‘stronger’ before Trump

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan claimed in an interview Sunday that after four years under President Biden, Russia, China and Iran are “weaker” and the United States is “more secure.”

“Our alliances are stronger than where we were four years ago,” Sullivan said on CNN’s State of the Union program, referring to President-elect Trump’s first term. “They are stronger than they have been in decades. NATO was stronger, more focused, and bigger. Our alliances in the Asia-Pacific are at an all-time high. And our adversaries and adversaries are weaker overall. Russia is weaker, Iran is weaker. Weaker, China weaker, and all the while we kept America out of wars.”

“I think the American people are safer and the country is in better shape than it was four years ago, and we’re handing that over to the next team while we keep the engines of American power humming,” Sullivan said. “Our economy, our technology, our defense industrial base, our supply chain. So the U.S. is in a stronger, more secure position, and our competitors and adversaries are weaker and under pressure.”

Biden’s presidency is bogged down Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021 failedWith Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and terrorist attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023, the Pentagon is monitoring the growing threat of Islamic extremism around the world.

TRUMP’S SPECIAL OFFICER FOR UKRAINE, RUSSIA SETS TIMETABLE LONGER THAN ’24 HOURS’ TO END WAR

A large part of Trump’s promises to voters during his campaign for a second term in 2024 revolved around justice for American families. 13 US soldiers were killed It promises peace through strength at Abbey Gate and on the world stage.

Sullivan defended Biden’s handling of the retreat on Sunday.

Jake Sullivan during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, March 18, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“If only we were still inside Afghanistan todayAmericans will fight and die, Russia will have more leverage over us, we will be less able to respond to the key strategic challenges we face,” Sullivan said.

“Although the investigation continues, we did not see any connection with Afghanistan Striker in New OrleansHe added, referring to the New Year’s Day hit-and-run truck attack on Bourbon Street. “Now the FBI will continue to look for foreign connections, maybe we’ll find them, but what we’ve seen proves what President Biden is. He said the threat of terrorism elsewhere, including homegrown extremists in the United States, is not just under President Biden, “It’s become more widespread and more widespread in President Trump’s first term. It’s part of why we need to shift our focus from the hot war in Afghanistan to the broader counterterrorism effort around the world.”

In the final weeks of his presidency, Biden rushed billions more in US aid to Ukraine before Trump took office.

Israeli demonstrators take part in weekly anti-government protests calling for a ceasefire and hostage swaps in Tel Aviv, Israel on January 11, 2025. (AFP via ORI AVIRAM/Middle East Images/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, the Republican president-elect has claimed that war in Ukraine will never start under his leadership and has vowed to broker a deal between Moscow and Kiev to end the fighting.

ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER REPEATES NEWS ABOUT HAMAS SENDING LIST OF HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED IF CONSENT

At a news conference last week at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump warned Hamas terrorists that “all hell will break loose” in the Middle East if the remaining hostages are not released before he takes office. January 20.

On the status of the talks, Sullivan said, “We’re very, very close, but very close means we’re still far away, because we’re not there until you cross the finish line.”

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 7, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Sullivan highlighted how Brett McGuirk, President Biden’s senior adviser on the Middle East, spent a week at the Doge “discussing with mediators the final details of the text that will be presented to both sides.”

“And we’re still committed to using every day we’re in the office to do that,” Sullivan said.

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Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy Middle Easttold reporters last week that he had seen progress in hostage negotiations, but a deal must be reached by inauguration day. “If those bailouts don’t come back — I don’t want to hurt your negotiations — they don’t come back before I take office, all hell will break loose in the Middle East,” Trump said from Florida. “And it won’t be good for Hamas. Honestly, it won’t be good for anybody. All hell will break loose.”