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Trump fails (again) to hit Biden-Harris on national security  

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12.09.2024

Anyone remember the Abraham Accords?

The most significant step toward peace and normalized relations in the Middle East — and the ideal contrast for Donald Trump against the foreign policy chaos of the Biden administration — was nowhere to be heard in Tuesday’s presidential debate. Too bad Trump only remembers his own personal grievances.

That Trump choked in the clutch (again) is hardly new or news. The former commander in chief’s failure to take advantage of the abject incompetence of President Biden and his national security team is yet another missed opportunity that is turning a race Trump should lead handily into a coin flip.

Looking at nearly four years of Team Biden security policy, it’s hard to find anything they have done right. Even in Ukraine, their first instinct was to run away. This administration has no vision, no strategy, does not understand the importance of deterrence, is utterly flummoxed by leaders and countries that don’t share its worldview and is generally weak and impotent.

Although it is true that national security polls behind domestic issues, it is still on the minds of many Americans. The recent September YouGov benchmark has 64 percent of Americans calling national security “very important,” which ranks it ahead of abortion, crime, civil rights and education, among other issues. National security is also tied for fourth when respondents are asked to rank their most important issue.

But the real problem is that Biden’s national security failures contribute to the immigration crisis and inflation — two domestic issues where his approval continues to be abysmal. Out of the laundry list of failures, three messes stand out.

Meanwhile, Team Biden’s non-strategy on the war in Ukraine and the handcuffs it has put on the Ukrainians have been a gift to Vladimir Putin, lengthening the........

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