The Heinous Act of Terror in New Orleans Highlights Biden Administration’s Failure to Keep America Safe
The recent terror attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day serves as a stark reminder of the Biden administration’s failure to keep America safe and deter radical Islamic terror. By allowing focus on this persistent threat to America’s national security to lapse, and instead wasting time and resources attacking political opponents, parents going to school board meetings, and Catholics, Team Biden left America vulnerable.
In January 2017, when the Trump administration took office, the Islamic State (ISIS) controlled a massive piece of Syria and was expanding its vision of radical Islamism on a global scale. It had beheaded two Americans during the Obama-Biden administration. The Trump administration took a serious approach to dismantling the ISIS caliphate alongside partners and allies, and reducing the threat of radical Islamic terror at home and abroad.
However, over the past four years, the Biden administration has abdicated this responsibility, resulting in a dangerous resurgence of the threat. Instead of combating radical Islamic terror at home and abroad, Biden downplayed this threat in favor of conjured political threats and allowed the real threats to metastasize.
The administration’s failure to address the rising threat of radical Islamic terror has empowered our enemies and weakened America. The White House has allowed Afghanistan to fall to the Taliban, allowed Iran and its proxies to thrive and perpetrate the October 7th massacre, and failed to address the threat at home.
The FBI’s handling of the New Orleans attack is also concerning, as they initially said the suspect did not act alone, only to reverse course and say he did act alone. This lack of clarity and transparency raises questions about the agency’s understanding of the threat posed by radical Islamic terror.
Correcting these gaps in our national security is urgent and must be a priority for the incoming Trump administration. The task is not for the American people to fundamentally alter how they live their lives, but for responsible agencies to recognize the risk posed by radical Islamic terror and take the proper steps to reduce and eliminate it.
Fortunately, President-elect Donald Trump is entering the White House, having served as President Trump’s CIA Director and Secretary of State. He will take every measure to eliminate this threat to the American people within our borders and globally, just as he did during his first term. Most importantly, he will move the focus of our law enforcement and national security apparatus away from domestic political opponents and back where it belongs: on taking down the despicable individuals who wish to harm innocent Americans.
