House Armed Services Committee chair U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) on Thursday contrasted President Donald Trump with his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, in dealing with global crises, particularly the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Russia-Ukraine war.
In an interview on Newsmax's "American Agenda," Rogers described Trump as a "change agent," while he described Biden as more reactive, usually reacting "several months late."
"Unfortunately, the Biden administration didn't engage on any front," Rogers lamented. "You know, one of the reasons we're in this war in Ukraine is that he was so tepid prior to Russia's invasion. You know, we had intelligence in the October before the February invasion that Russia was going to invade. It was very exquisite intelligence," Rogers said. "We knew where they were going to go, when they were going to go, to the exact day. And those of us in the Armed Services Committee — both Democrat and Republican — were urging President Biden to bolster our position and our allies' positions along the Eastern Front to discourage Russia's actual invasion, and he was worried that that was escalatory. And our position was we already know he's going to invade. We're not escalating anything; we're trying to de-escalate. But it just wasn't his nature. He was always somebody who reacted and didn't lead."
President Trump is the opposite. President Trump leans in. He's a very aggressive leader, and I view him as a change agent. And I think we're seeing that on a whole bunch of fronts. He has been a change agent, and I expect he will continue to be a leader who makes things happen," he continued. "And Biden just reacted to things, and usually he reacted several months late."
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