Special Counsel Robert Hur’s recent report and the even worse impromptu presidential press conference raised several serious concerns regarding President Biden’s supposed memory loss, leading many national security experts wondering how America’s safety is handled.
The former Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland during the Trump administration described the situation as “Biden’s dementia is plain for all to see, but especially for foreign leaders. That’s dangerous for two reasons,”
During in interview with Fox News Digital, Mcfarland said, “first, it amplifies the claim that America is a spent power. Chinese leaders have been telling the world for years that America is in irreversible decline, that the future belongs to China. Biden is the embodiment of irreversible decline, giving credence to the idea that America’s supremacy on the world stage is over. Second, because foreign leaders know now is the time to press the U.S., to take advantage of a leader who is not only weak but confused.”
President Biden’s confusions, mixups, and bumbles were on full display last week. He confused the current French President with former French President François Mitterrand, who died more than 25 years ago, twice got the names wrong of the German Chancellor’s, and most concerning was the complete mixup of Egypt and Mexico’s Presidents. The White House has tried to run cover for the President but American’s are seeing the truth.
According to Fox News contributor, Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, the Biden administration always takes “a long time to make decisions or do something” regarding America’s adversaries. “When it comes to national security, you know, it all really comes down to the commander in chief, the president of the United States,” he said. “You always want your commander in chief to be, obviously, very informed, which the advisers are supposed to do, but able to make very quick, rational, understandable decisions.”
“When dealing with national security issues, short delays are expected, but excessive delays are problematic,” Kellogg explained “Frankly, in this administration, you see the latter, not the former. They take a long time to make decisions or to do something, and that always lets your adversary get inside your ability to do something.”
“Years ago, in the military, there was a term that was actually used that was called the OODA loop,” Kellogg said. “The OODA loop [stood for] observe, orient, decide, act. What that meant is, frankly, get inside your opponent’s decision cycle. That’s what presidents need to do. So, if you’ve got a diminished capacity, your ability to make rapid decisions is, of course, questionable. And that’s where you get into trouble with national security.”
Kellogg claimed the Biden administration is “very risk-averse.”
“When you look at the Middle East, look how long it took us to react to the attack on the Americans or what we’ve done to try to reestablish deterrence. It’s slow decision-making,” he said. “The reason that’s important is because you force the adversary to do something different. And the one that makes those decisions is always, ultimately, the president of the United States, who is commander in chief.”
“Is it an issue? Of course it is, but it’s an issue that has just lived with this administration since day one. That is a concern that you have to have when it comes to decision-making and mental acuity.”