Biden vs Trump On National Security: Here’s The New Administration’s First Month Report Card

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Biden vs Trump On National Security: Here’s The New Administration’s First Month Report Card
The Federalist, Feb 26, 2021, John Ullyot

Whatever your views of Donald Trump’s presidency, it is hard to dispute that he produced a stronger record of achievement across the board when it comes to protecting the American people from a range of foreign threats than any other president in at least a generation. His national security accomplishments in four short years included taking on China, forging the historic Abraham Accords in the Middle East, defeating the ISIS caliphate, countering Iran, and standing up the Space Force. So now, one month into his tenure, how is President Joe Biden doing in preserving and building on Trump’s remarkable record?

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The bottom line: The jury is still out on where the Biden administration stands on most of these issues so early into the administration, but on a number of the items, there are worrying signs of a backslide on the historic progress Trump made. Following are each of Trump’s key accomplishments and a couple of points from Biden’s initial actions on each of them:

1. Building a new international consensus on China by standing up to its aggression in all its forms:

2. Strengthening critical partnerships with allies such as India, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand on issues from counterterrorism to maritime security:

3. Signing a peace agreement with the Taliban after 19 years of war:

4. Bringing Iran’s economy to its knees and choking off funds to its terrorist allies:

5. Eliminating the ISIS physical caliphate, once the size of Great Britain:

6. Forging a historic peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Israel, the most significant step toward peace in the Middle East in over 25 years:

7. Rebuilding our military and establishing the Space Force, the first new branch of the Armed Forces in 70 years:

8. Pressing NATO members to increase their defense spending, resulting in pledges of an extra $400 billion through 2024:

9. Normalizing economic relations between Serbia and Kosovo:

10. Reducing undocumented migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico by 85 percent:


More: https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/26/biden-vs-trump-on-national-security-heres-the-new-administrations-first-month-report-card/

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it is hard to dispute that he produced a stronger record of achievement across the board when it comes to protecting the American people from a range of foreign threats than any other president in at least a generation.

Four years, four short years.  But at least we got the mean tweeting to stop. 

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This is worth the read --- before it's pulled from the web for telling the truth.