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EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, charges that conflicts abroad have escalated under the Biden administration.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken testified before the committee the following December a report on the withdrawal of the administration from Afghanistan, where he was pressed to “take responsibility” for the widespread conflicts that erupted around the world after the deadly event.
Speaking to Fox News Digital on Monday, Lawler delved into the report that claimed the Biden administration “has left the world in a worse place than it inherited it,” starting with the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“The report on the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan is his legacy and the legacy of the Biden administration because, in my view, it is about a series of events around the world that have left us in the most precarious place since of World War II, starting with that disastrous withdrawal in Afghanistan that resulted in the deaths of 13 American service members,” Lawler told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
Representative Mike Lawler, Republican of New York, during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Tierney L. Cross)
The congressman detailed several tragic events under the Biden administration after the withdrawal from Afghanistan, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel, threats to the Indo-Pacific from of China and the “illicit” oil trade between China and Iran that Lawler says is “funding terrorism.”
“This administration has left the world in a worse place than it inherited it. And that, in my view, is the legacy of the Biden-Harris administration and that of Secretary Blinken,” the New York Republican said.
Lawler added that while national security has appeared in the most “precarious” position since World War II, foreign policy will soon look different under the entry. Trump administration.
A sign displaying photos and names of the 13 service members killed in a terrorist attack at the Abbey Gate outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport is seen during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on September 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura)
“I think President Trump obviously had four years where there was more peace and prosperity around the world. And the difference between Biden and Trump is that Biden is incapable of stopping conflict. Trump is willing to act,” Lawler told Fox. “When you are strong, when your opponents recognize and understand that you are ready to act and strike. They think twice.”
Lawler also said he thinks “President Trump will be a very strong leader when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to ending these conflicts.”
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scooteri)
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, will serve as chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the next Congress, where Lawler says “a lot of the focus will be on reauthorizing the operations of the State Department,” such as how they operate the agencies’ programs and how their funds are used.
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“I think obviously with President Trump coming in, the foreign policy of the United States is going to change,” Lawler said of the incoming administration. “It will be much stronger, much more ruthless with our adversaries. And we will certainly try to end these conflicts.”
