On Thursday, more than 400 national security and foreign policy officials, former Cabinet members, veterans and Gold Star families supported former President Trump.
In an open letter co-authored by former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien and former NSC Chief of Staff Alex Gray, the signatories condemn the Biden-Harris administration's “repeated failures” in foreign policy. He appealed to the American people for Trump's re-election.
“Under President Trump, there was a peaceful world, but under the Biden-Harris administration, World War III is closer than ever,” the letter reads. “With multiple wars raging around the world, open borders allowing terrorists to flow into the American mainland, and unabated activity from malign powers like China, America's national security is in jeopardy with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. – Hugely undermined by Biden's failed policies.
The letter of support was signed by several prominent Trump administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Attorney General Bill Barr, and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
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Then-President Trump speaks in a press conference room, surrounded by Attorney General Bill Barr (second from left), Defense Secretary Mark Esper (right), and National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Eleven family members of 13 American soldiers killed at the monastery gates of Kabul airport during the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan also signed the letter, calling for Trump's foreign policy in contrast to Biden's controversial actions. He praised the achievements.
“When President Trump took office, the war in Afghanistan had been going on for almost 16 years. By February 2020, a peace deal had been reached that guaranteed no U.S. soldiers would die in combat until the end of the Trump administration. “The Taliban understands President Trump's commitment and the U.S. military is prepared to ensure compliance.”
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Former President Trump visited Arlington Cemetery to pay tribute to the 13 service members who died during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. (Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
“The 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan under the Biden-Harris administration has failed, resulted in the unnecessary deaths of 13 brave American soldiers at Abbey Gate, and cost the Taliban untold billions of dollars. of high-end military equipment left behind, making the Taliban the most armed country in the world's terrorist organization. ”
In addition, 40 retired U.S. ambassadors, 75 retired senior military officials, and hundreds of officials from previous Republican administrations signed the letter, adding to President Trump's diplomatic efforts regarding the ceasefire and Abraham Accords between Turkey and Kurdish fighters in Syria. praised. The letter calls Trump a “peacekeeper.”
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On September 15, 2020, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-President Trump participated in the Abraham Accords signing ceremony held on the South Lawn of the White House. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“Ensuring peace lies within the greatest traditions of American foreign policy and the Judeo-Christian principles on which our nation was founded,” the letter continues, adding that Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount from the Gospel of Matthew is quoted. “Jesus said, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will become children of God.’ (Matthew 5:9) This is the legacy of the Trump administration.”
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Writing in X, O'Brien said he was “honored” to work with former Trump administration colleagues to “support a return to a 'peace through strength' foreign policy under President Trump.”
Another signatory, Dr. Jerry Hendricks, former director of the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Council, said it was “not a difficult decision” to put his name on the letter.
“Mr. Trump has been one of the most successful foreign policy presidents since the Cold War,” Hendricks wrote in X. “He ended sequestration. He invested in the Navy. The Biden-Harris administration has made one foreign policy blunder after another.”
The Trump campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
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