Well, it seems the radical left has definitely latched on to the idea that whenever something goes wrong in the United States, it’s best to point fingers at former President Donald Trump and put all the blame for it on his shoulders, no matter how many years he’s been out of public office. We’ve seen that strategy employed by many Democrats ever since Trump was in office, and you’d think the left would find a new scapegoat to blame for their own failures, but nope, it’s still Trump.
Former President Barack Obama blamed Trump for the increasingly antagonistic behavior of communist China during a recent chat in Australia, proving once again that the phrase “personal responsibility” does not exist for the left.
“Obama talked foreign policy during a paid speaking tour appearance Tuesday in Sydney — part of a lucrative arrangement that reportedly could net him upwards of $1 million,” the Daily Wire reported. “In talking with former Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, Obama said Chinese leader Xi Jinping has a ‘forceful and confident’ demeanor, according to reporting by Daily Mail Australia and NCA Newswire.”
Obama went on to say that China started to change “once I left office,” in 2017, right when Trump took over the Oval Office after stomping a mud hole in twice-failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
“With my successor coming in, I think he saw an opportunity because the U.S. president didn’t seem to care that much about a rules-based international system,” Obama stated speaking of Xi.
“And so as a consequence, I think China’s attitude as well, we can take advantage of what appears to be a vacuum internationally on a lot of these issues,” Obama remarked.
“Even as he worked to strike a deal, Trump waged a trade war against China during his four years in office, which included steep tariffs on imports in what he said was an effort to reverse a deficit that disadvantaged the United States. In Trump’s stated view, it was his predecessors, including Obama, who allowed China to become so powerful,” the Daily Wire said.
“They took advantage of us for many, many years,” Trump said Fox News host Steve Hilton during an interview in 2019. “And I blame us, I don’t blame them. I don’t blame President Xi. I blame all of our presidents, and not just President Obama. You go back a long way. You look at President Clinton, Bush — everybody. They allowed this to happen, they created a monster. We rebuilt China because they get so much money.”
Now, two years into the Biden administration — I think it’s important to point out that Joe Biden was vice president under Obama, so isn’t his failures Obama’s as well? — U.S. intelligence officials have stated that China represents that greatest national security threat to our country. Just last week, Russia struck up some additional deals with China which is further cementing their economic ties.
“During the event in Australia, Obama reportedly observed that relations between the United States and China are ‘significantly strained’ and predicted that tensions are not ‘going to go away anytime soon,'” the report continued.
“Nor should they, because I think there are some fundamental differences in terms of how we operate when you look at the South China Sea,” Obama commented, making a reference to Beijing’s territorial dispute with more than a few of its neighbors in Asia.
“The fact of the matter is, is that if China starts claiming what had previously been international waters that is going to make life difficult for its neighbors, and for everyone, long term, I don’t even think it’s going to be good for China,” Obama remarked.
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