Ric Grenell, the Trump administration’s special presidential envoy for special missions, slammed Obama and Biden-era diplomat Susan Rice for the Democratic Party’s years of foreign policies that he said landed the U.S. in two different wars under the Biden administration alone.
“Your guy couldn’t even talk to Putin. For 3.5 years! Your policies helped usher in a war in Ukraine, Gaza…and Rwanda if you remember,” Grenell posted to X on Saturday afternoon.
“And then you lied about Libya – it wasn’t caused by a video,” he continued, referring to claims in 2012 that an anti-Islam video led to the Benghazi terror attack on U.S. government facilities in the Libyan city. “You made that up…. Donald Trump handed you peace in the Middle East and Europe – you handed us two wars. We see you,” he added.
Grenell was responding to a post from Susan Rice, who served as an Obama administration national security advisor and U.N. ambassador, that claimed conservatives “are up to the same old tired crap” following President Donald Trump’s tense meeting with Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy on Friday.
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The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway had posted to X speculating that Rice and other Democrats may have “personally” advised Zelenskyy on acting “hostile and to try to goad Trump into blowing up” during the meeting, sparking Rice to weigh in.
“You clowns are up to the same old tired crap,” Rice posted to X. “When your guy screws up and royally embarrasses himself and the U.S., you try to change the subject and lie about a favorite target to distract and deflect. For the record, I have never met Zelenskyy and never spoken to him. Ever. Or advised him or anybody around him. It’s a shame that you contend that it is in the U.S. national interest to sell…
