The policy of Joe Biden seems to have been following in the footsteps of Barack Obama: to bend over backward to adversaries, hoping that if you speak nicely, they will play nice too.
We can see where that has gotten them with coddling Iran, for example. This weakness has encouraged bad actors.
Meanwhile, the Democrats fret about President-elect Donald Trump and his mean tweets. But it’s Trump’s strength and willingness to take action that bad actors fear. That’s why they weren’t invading Ukraine under Trump or attacking Israel in the massive way they did under Biden.
Unlike Biden, Trump didn’t leave our allies twisting in the wind like Biden did in Afghanistan. But he’s also willing to push them a little to come across with a better deal for the United States. He threatened tariffs on Canada. and that immediately got the attention of Prime Minister…
