“The world is a dangerous place,” says Senator-elect Jim Banks, “and it's more dangerous after four years of a very weak American president in Joe Biden.”
Banks, an Indiana congressman, is entering the Senate as a freshman after winning election Nov. 5.
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Like other Americans, Banks has watched China flirt with an attack on U.S. ally Taiwan; watched the Russia-Ukraine war threaten to pull in NATO; and watched Iran-backed Hamas launch a surprise attack in Israel and take away hostages, including American citizens.
Americans have also witnessed a mess around the world, such as the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan that cost the lives of 13 U.S. service members at the Kabul airport after a terrorist bombing.
That fatal attack also cost the lives of an innocent Afghanistan family after the CIA wrongly identified the ISIS mastermind behind the bombing.
That drone strike was described by the Pentagon as a successful mission, with no civilian casualties, until The New York Times obtained drone footage that showed the missile killing an innocent aid worker and his family.
Thanks to a Montana TV News station, the public also learned a Chinese spy balloon had entered U.S. airspace after traveling across Alaska and Canada.
Even after the Pentagon acknowledged it was watching the ballon, it was allowed to crisscross the country for eight days, and gather intelligence at military sites, before it was finally shot down.
Rattling off all of those nations, and terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah, Banks says the election of Donald Trump was their “worst nightmare” come true last week.
During his first term, Democrats famously predicted the unpredictable Trump would drag the United States into World War 3, but Banks points out Trump proved to do the exact opposite during his first term.
“He's the first president in many years who didn't start a new war,” Banks says of Trump, “but he also understands the projection of peace through strength in a way that only compares to Ronald Reagan.”
Trump is already at work trying to make peace before he even takes the oath of office. Eyeing an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, for example, Trump phoned Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, one day after he took office. He then phoned Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and directly warned Putin not to escalate the war.
“So just wait until January 20, when he's the commander in chief again,” Banks tells AFN, “and I think the world will calm down immediately as a result of having a strong president.”
