President Trump’s foreign policy gets questioned from the left every step of the way. But one person on the left is actually singing his praises. A former national security adviser to President Obama, Jim Jones, gave President Trump huge praise for his approach to ISIS and Syria.
According to Town Hall:
A former national security adviser for President Obama is giving his successor some kudos for his foreign policy.
“The Trump administration has had some success in defeating ISIS, which I think is commendable,” said Jim Jones during an interview with The Hill.TV.
That’s not all. He added that the Trump White House “has to be given credit for at least reversing the ISIS presence.”
Jones coupled his praise of Trump with some criticism of his old boss. Obama’s “red line” warning for Syria was a “mistake,” Jones said. In that infamous speech in 2012, Obama said the U.S. was placing a red line in the sand. If Syria encroached it, they would feel our wrath. Well, Syria did just that. The military attacked rebel-controlled areas of the Damascus with chemical weapons, killing 1,500 civilians. It was horrific and an obvious breach of that “red line,” but the U.S. failed to follow through on its threat. There would be no military retaliation.
Obama exposed himself as a push-over on foreign policy. Trump, despite a few missteps, has decided to take a hard-line approach to foreign policy, and it has people taking notice.
