Biden’s Latest Foreign Policy Disaster February 23, 2022 Biden has spent months emboldening Russia and Putin – Biden’s weakness created his latest foreign policy disaster. Biden removed sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline last year, paving the way for its completion and gifting Putin a huge geopolitical win. While Putin was massing troops on the Ukrainian border in December, the Biden administration was lobbying Senate Democrats to block sanctions on Russia. The Biden administration renewed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (new START) between Russia and the U.S. – a strategic military win for Putin that required no concessions. As Putin escalated tensions at the Ukrainian border, Biden weakly tried to appease him with “any accommodation” to avoid a full-blown territorial grab. After Russia carried out a cyberattack on the east coast’s Colonial Pipeline in May 2021, Biden weakly asked Putin not to target key U.S. industries with cyber-attacks. In just one year in office, 2 U.S. embassies have been evacuated on Biden’s watch and while he was on vacation. With Russia poised to invade Ukraine, Biden’s State Department urged Americans in the country to leave “now.” The State Department does not currently know how many Americans are in Ukraine. Our adversaries understand Biden is a weak leader. In just one year, Biden has: Emboldened ISIS-K and Al Qaeda with a botched Afghanistan withdrawal, handing radical Islamist terrorists a safe haven and billions of dollars worth of weapons. Failed to secure the release of detained Americans Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed and failed to get Putin to agree to curtail his military aggression toward Ukraine. Appeased China, including failing to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for COVID-19 and failing to deter Chinese cyber-attacks. Biden claimed he would be tough on Russia, but he lied: On the campaign trail, Biden repeatedly said he would stand up to Putin and Russia. July 2019: Biden said he would be tough on Putin and that problems wouldn’t happen on “my watch.” October 2019: Biden said he would “command the respect” of Putin. February 2020: Biden said he knew how to “deal with” leaders like Putin. February 2020: Biden said Putin “doesn’t want me to be President” and “it’s because I’m the only person in this field who’s ever gone toe-to-toe with him.”