After Iran launched a massive and unprecedented wave of attacks against Israel Saturday night, consisting of suicide drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, an old post by Joe Biden started recirculating on social media.
In January 2020, Joe Biden criticized then-President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in an op-ed published by CNN, titled, “What Trump gets dangerously wrong about foreign policy.”
In the op-ed, Biden tried to blame Trump after Iran launched ballistic missile attacks on Iraqi bases hosting American forces.
Biden’s January 13, 2020 op-ed begins:
President Donald Trump’s erratic actions have brought us to the brink of conflict with Iran – and another war in the Middle East is the last thing we need. I’m thankful no one – either American or Iraqi – was killed in the Iranian missile strike. Both Trump and Iran’s leaders should take the opportunity to de-escalate and take active steps to avert further conflict.
But make no mistake, the seeds of this crisis were planted by Trump himself on May 8, 2018 – the day he tore up the Iran nuclear deal against the advice of his own top national security advisers, turned his back on our closest European allies and decided it was more important to him to destroy progress made by the Obama-Biden administration than build on it to create a better and safer world.
Biden posted a link to his op-ed on Twitter and wrote, “Donald Trump has no strategy when it comes to Iran. No endgame. The only way out of his self-made crisis is through diplomacy — clear-eyed, hard-nosed diplomacy grounded in strategy, that’s not about one-off decisions or one-upmanship.”
Donald Trump has no strategy when it comes to Iran. No endgame. The only way out of his self-made crisis is through diplomacy — clear-eyed, hard-nosed diplomacy grounded in strategy, that’s not about one-off decisions or one-upmanship. https://t.co/yfb8OE98Xu
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 13, 2020
Saturday evening, after Iran launched their attack on Israel, the White House scrambled to bring Joe Biden back to D.C. from his beach home where he had gone for the weekend, and Biden’s old post came back to bite him, drawing mockery on social media.
Below are just some of the scorching takedowns posted Saturday evening:
Dr. Mark Young: “Says the guy who has us on the edge of WWlll to the guy that had world peace.”
Says the guy who has us on the edge of WWlll to the guy that had world peace https://t.co/SrYbdyCnit
— Dr. Mark Young (@MarkYoungTruth) April 13, 2024
Daniel Baldwin: “Whoops.”
Whoops. https://t.co/unIcL5nVRq
— Daniel Baldwin (@baldwin_daniel_) April 13, 2024
Chris Lawrence: “Mr. President, you declared your position on Iran. You’ve been in office more than three years. You implemented your plan. How has it worked out?”
Mr. President, you declared your position on Iran. You’ve been in office more than three years. You implemented your plan. How has it worked out? https://t.co/K4jJbFO6Hs
— Chris Lawrence (@chrislawrence87) April 13, 2024
Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.): “Joe Biden’s pathetic foreign policy of appeasement has led to war in Europe, in the Middle East, and Asia could soon be next! Biden is weak and our enemies know it!”
Joe Biden’s pathetic foreign policy of appeasement has led to war in Europe, in the Middle East, and Asia could soon be next!
Biden is weak and our enemies know it! https://t.co/4kn2EHqh5M
— Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (@RepCarlos) April 13, 2024
Marc Lotter of America First Policy Institute: “How is that working out for you, Israel, and the rest of the world? #FAIL.”
How is that working out for you, Israel, and the rest of the world? #FAIL https://t.co/WfUINPHNgJ
— Marc Lotter (@marc_lotter) April 13, 2024
X user LeAndra: “This Buffon is why this cluster fuck is happening! He funded Iran an now here we are! Hope we even make it to November. @JoeBiden or whoever is running things why do you hate America!”
This Buffon is why this cluster fuck is happening! He funded Iran an now here we are!
Hope we even make it to November. @JoeBiden or whoever is running things why do you hate America! https://t.co/7cXnxUUU3m— LeAndra (@drumgirl32) April 13, 2024
C. Douglas Golden: “Was this the “endgame” with Iran, Mr. President? Was this what “diplomacy” was meant to accomplish?”
Was this the “endgame” with Iran, Mr. President? Was this what “diplomacy” was meant to accomplish? https://t.co/GLjlyWiNut
— C. Douglas Golden (@CillianZeal) April 14, 2024
Scott Sleepy: “Joe – you are literally insane. You have sent $6 billion to Iran, are sending warships to get in between Israel and Iran after Israel has been actively trying to escalate war in the Middle East for months. Trumps presidency was the most peaceful period the US had in decades. You said Trump was going to start WW3 and go to war with Iran, and here you are …”
Joe – you are literally insane. You have sent $6 billion to Iran, are sending warships to get in between Israel and Iran after Israel has been actively trying to escalate war in the Middle East for months. Trumps presidency was the most peaceful period the US had in decades. You… https://t.co/vQ8ai76Trq
— Scott Sleepy (@scott_sleepy) April 14, 2024
This one aged really really well. This whole administration is a laughing stock right now. Absolute clown show. https://t.co/UZs8HpvSuQ
— TheAmishTerp (@TheAmishTerp) April 14, 2024
If incompetence didn’t have such dire consequences, this would be funny https://t.co/KtXAnTOrSA
— Joey Martin (@yadontknowcrap) April 13, 2024
There’s a tweet for everything https://t.co/eDBHkPsHzz
— BowTiedKong (@BowTiedKong) April 14, 2024
UPDATE: Trump, other Republicans respond to news of Iranian attack on Israel
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