Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Thursday that President Biden appears to be so focused on trying to prove that President Trump is wrong on several accounts, including Middle East foreign policy, that it can backfire.
Ratcliffe told presenter Trey Gowdy on “Fox News Primetime” that foreign policy is a specific area in which Biden and his administration basically adopted the tact exactly opposite to that of Trump during his presidency.
“The Biden government seems so determined to prove that Trump is wrong that it will prove that he is right in the name of national security, literally pulling the defeat out of the clutches of victory,” he said.
“We are enjoying peace in the Middle East because Iran is poorer, weaker and less influential than it was decades ago and no one can argue the opposite with a straight face, and that is because we have withdrawn from the JCPOA (nuclear agreement with Iran) and implemented sanctions that put the Iranian regime on the verge of real problems and prevented them from getting involved in the kind of chaos across the Middle East that allowed peace accords, peace accords to move forward. “
“THE [Biden administration] wants to go in the opposite direction. “
Ratcliffe said that most nations in the Middle East, like those involved in Trump’s deals with Abraham, do not want to see the nuclear deal with Iran returned or strengthened.
The only nations that support Biden-Kerry tact on that front appear to be Russia and China, he advised.
“Why the Biden government would be listening to them and moving forward on this is disconcerting. But it is putting national security at risk. I hope they will back down.”
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Regarding another important area of the world, Gowdy pointed out how Biden said in the past that China “is not a bad person” and “will not eat” [America’s] lunch.”
However, after a February call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Biden seemed to reverse the script and say that if the United States “doesn’t move, it will eat our lunch,” noted Gowdy.
Biden and Xi are scheduled to meet in Anchorage on March 18.
Ratcliffe said he can already imagine the formal “reading” of the next meeting between the two leaders, noting that he will say they talked about trade, intellectual property theft and other issues.
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Ratcliffe said that if he were the president, he would not move on to any other issue before obtaining a strong commitment from Beijing on full transparency regarding the onset of the coronavirus in Wuhan province and other related responses.
“The concern is that the rhetoric about China has been very good. But the actions have not supported it. Our concern is that we may not get the answers if they do not keep their foot on the gas,” he said.