Former president Donald Trump’s campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt alleged that President Joe Biden “emboldened” Iran by reversing his predecessor’s sanctions previously over the country.
Leavitt appeared on Fox and Friends Sunday hours after the United States intercepted drones launched by Iran and headed for Israel. These drones were launched hours after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commandos boarded an Israeli-affiliated container ship as well. Biden initially intended to spend the weekend in Delaware but returned to the White House earlier Saturday to discuss the growing tensions in the region with his national security team.
“The sad truth is, this would have never happened to Israel if President Trump were still in the White House,” Leavitt said. “He signed historic sanctions on the Iranian regime, cutting off the neck of the Iranians. They had never been more weak, more broke. And just in a matter of a few years, Joe Biden has reversed all of President Trump’s very effective policies and now they have been emboldened. And we’ve seen that aggression. And the world is in chaos right now because of Joe Biden’s weakness.”
Trump is running for a second presidential term this November. Leavitt claimed that Trump intends to reinstate the sanctions against Iran should he win the office. She also implied he has a plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine and get China to back off of Taiwan.
“Our adversaries will be deterred just by the fact that we will have a strong commander in chief and a rebuilding of our military like we saw in President Trump’s first term,” Leavitt said.
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Biden, along with defense officials throughout his Cabinet, such as White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, has condemned the attack.
As a result of Iran’s strike, the State Department warned U.S. government employees to avoid travel outside of the greater Tel Aviv area, Jerusalem, and Be’er Sheva.
