Waltz Warns America's Adversaries Only Bolder After Biden's NATO Appearance

Rep. MIchael Waltz

President Joe Biden's press conference after the NATO summit seemed only to validate recent concerns for his health and wellbeing, which Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL) warned could only mean that America's adversaries such as China, Russia, and Iran are emboldened further in a recent appearance on Fox Business's Varney & Co., further suggesting that none of "our allies walked out reassured."

In addition to the press conference where he mistakenly said "Vice President Trump," President Biden referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as "Putin," further raising concerns about his apparent cognitive decline.

Rep. Waltz commented on the gaffe, suggesting to host Stuart Varney that it would be like "if FDR stood on the world stage in the 1940s and accidentally called Churchill Hitler."

"So we are seeing this unholy alliance, China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea only get tighter and only grow stronger. In their last meeting, Xi [Jinping] told them, 'We have got a once-in-a-generation opportunity right now.' They smell weakness; they are on the march," Rep. Waltz added, stipulating that while Biden's performance was largely passable, his claim that his predecessor Donald Trump "knows nothing about foreign policy" was "a bit rich," citing the Abraham Accords and decimation of ISIS during Trump's tenure.

Varney asked the Florida Congressman if he believed Biden could serve a second term in the White House, to which Waltz bluntly answered, "Heck no."

"I do not think any of our allies walked out reassured, and I think all of our adversaries are absolutely emboldened, particularly the terrorist groups with Afghanistan as the caliphate that Osama bin Laden always dreamed of," Waltz continued, calling the recent disarray among the Democratic Party and Biden-friendly media "jaw-droppingly ridiculous, but you know they have all been embarrassed and exposed now."

The host further noted that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stepped out of the NATO summit early to meet with Donald Trump, asking Waltz for his take on the development.

"He knows who the next president is going to be," the Florida Congressman concluded.

Grayson Bakich

Florida born and raised, Grayson Bakich is a recent recipient of a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Central Florida. His thesis examined recent trends in political polarization and how this leads into justification of violence.