‘People are safer and the country is better off’
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White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan asserted Sunday on CNN that America is “better off” internationally than it was four years ago, defending the administration’s disastrous withdrawal that killed 13 U.S. service members.
UnderPresidentJoeBiden’sadministration,thecountryhasfacedanumberofforeignpolicychallenges,includingfundingUkraineandIsraelfortheirongoingwars.On“StateoftheUnion,”hostJakeTapperquestionedSullivanonwhetherBidenwouldbeleavinga“safer”Americaduetohisleadership.
“Well,I’dstartbysayingouralliancesarestrongerthanwefoundthemfouryearsago.They’restrongerthanthey’vebeenindecades.NATOismorepowerful,purposefulandbigger,”Sullivansaid.
“OuralliancesintheAsiaPacificareatalltimehighsandouradversariesandcompetitorsareweakeracrosstheboard,”Sullivanadded.“Russia’sweaker.Iran’sweaker.China’sweaker.AllthewhilewekeptAmericaoutofwar.SoIthinktheAmericanpeoplearesaferandthecountryisbetteroffthanwewerefouryearsago.”
