<p>Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer grilled Security Council spokesman John Kirby during a Monday interview, asking him to point to anywhere that he could say that &#8220;American strength and persuasion&#8221; had improved since President Joe Biden took office.</p>
<p>Hemmer laid out a list of global conflicts and situations that he said appeared to have been mishandled by the Biden administration — from the disastrous troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 to Iran&#8217;s unprecedented direct attack on Israel over the weekend — and then asked Kirby whether he could really say that the United States&#8217; stature had really improved on the world stage.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">BILL HEMMER: &quot;Can you argue that American strength and persuasion is better today than it was four years ago globally?&quot;</p>
<p>JOHN KIRBY: &quot;Yeah, 100%&quot;</p>
<p>HEMMER: &quot;&#8230;..where?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/kuxx7gIUrX">pic.twitter.com/kuxx7gIUrX</a></p>
<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1779862263895040347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;I was looking back at the track record for President Biden,&#8221; Hemmer began. &#8220;Here&#8217;s what sticks out: the Afghanistan withdrawal was a mess, we failed to stop Putin from going into Ukraine, the war with Israel and Hamas has been absolutely dreadful and destructive — again, it&#8217;s the first time Iran has aimed at Israel – China&#8217;s military buildup is substantial &#8230; and that was just this morning, what I came up with.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Can you argue that American strength and persuasion is better today than it was four years ago globally?&#8221; he asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh, yeah,&#8221; Kirby replied. &#8220;Yeah, 100% I can.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hemmer&#8217;s follow-up question was just one word: &#8220;Where?&#8221;</p>
<p>Kirby skirted the direct question and did not give any specific instances or locations, instead offering the vague claim that the Biden administration had displayed &#8220;leadership&#8221; and built the kind of global ties that were necessary to bolster national security.</p>
<p>&#8220;I can do that very comfortably. After serving for as long as I did in uniform, I&#8217;ll tell you, this is a president who understands American leadership on the world stage,&#8221; Kirby said, adding that Biden had made the right connections &#8220;not just militarily but diplomatically, economically — around the world to advance our national security interests.&#8221;</p>

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