Former Vice President Mike Pence told CNN this weekend that the assault on Israel “is what happens when we have leading voices like Donald Trump signaling a retreat from America’s role as leader of the free world.”
However, a fact check on the matter pointed out that former President Donald Trump actually pushed a Reagan-era “peace through strength” foreign policy.
Trump even moved Israel’s U.S. embassy into Jerusalem during his time in office. (Trending: 7,000 Migrants Cross Into Texas Town in 72 Hours)
This is what happens when we have leading voices like Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis signaling retreat from America’s role as leader of the free world. When I’m President of the United States, we’ll lead from American Strength. pic.twitter.com/gW3HaN4fIp
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) October 8, 2023
Trump has since pressed the “peace through strength” policy with even greater effort, recently stating, “I will return to a foreign policy that puts AMERICA FIRST, so that we can once again have peace through strength.”
Following his CNN appearance, Pence posted a video of himself criticizing Trump, Ramaswamy, and DeSantis on social media.
Our administration signed the first peace deal in the Middle East in 25 years, the Abraham Accords. The Biden administration has gone the opposite direction. Instead of building on the Abraham Accords, they went back to the politics of appeasement, begging Iran to get back in the… pic.twitter.com/GwYMLy0N9z
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) August 5, 2023
Donald Trump Jr. responded online by identifying Pence as the “embodiment of the weakness that led to this,” and told the former Vice President “you should have paid attention when you were groveling at the feet of the master.”
“Trump brought peace because the world knew — F around and find out! We’ll never return to the failed approach of you and your uniparty fools,” he continued.
You’re the embodiment of the kind of weakness that led to this. You should have paid attention when you were groveling at the feet of the master. Trump brought peace because the world knew — F around and find out! We’ll never return to the failed approach of you and your uniparty… https://t.co/vJGD3LMP3f
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 8, 2023
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