Adam Kredo and Thaleigha Rampersad write for the Washington Free Beacon about another sign of President Biden’s cluelessness.
A raging war in Ukraine and a smoldering Middle East did not stop outgoing president Joe Biden from touting his foreign policy successes in a farewell State Department speech on Monday. His administration, Biden said, successfully averted major conflicts across the globe and left the United States “more capable” and “better prepared” than ever before.
“Our adversaries are weaker than they were when we came into the job four years ago,” the octogenarian said before a crowd of diplomats at the State Department. “America is more capable and, I would argue, better prepared than we’ve been in a long, long time.”
Biden touted his support for Israel in its war against Hamas and Hezbollah, though the one-term president did not mention his administration’s efforts to handicap the Jewish state by withholding critical arms shipments, forbidding it from entering Hamas-run areas in Gaza, and pressing it to ink a preemptive ceasefire with both terror groups.
Biden also largely avoided discussing his administration’s botched 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, which left 13 American service members dead and put the Taliban back in control. Biden did, however, tout nearly $500 billion in funding he secured for the “climate and clean energy” priorities.
The speech was one of multiple farewell addresses Biden is set to deliver during his final week as president. On Wednesday, Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office and is expected to “reflect on his time in various political offices,” according to NBC News. Last week, he reflected on his presidency in an interview with USA Today, which saw the historically unpopular president say he could have defeated President-elect Donald Trump last November.
Biden addressed Iran during his speech, saying Tehran is “weaker than it’s been in decades” thanks to tough sanctions and robust American support for Israel’s October strike on the country. Biden pressured Israel to curtail a military strike on Iran months earlier, and his administration has awarded Tehran’s hardline regime with billions in sanctions relief.