In the annals of political audacity, few moments match the sheer gall of former Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s latest attempt to rewrite recent history. As President Donald Trump stood at the center of a peace breakthrough between Israel and Hamas — the first meaningful movement in years toward hostages being freed and tensions cooling — Blinken, from the sidelines of political irrelevance, raised his hand to say: Actually, we started it.
(5/12) That moment was squandered. Israel and Hamas went back to war. The question now is how to make this moment endure. How can we ensure that Israel fully withdraws in security, that Hamas does not return, that Palestinians can begin to rebuild their lives, and that the war…
— Antony Blinken (@ABlinken) October 11, 2025
In a tweet buried halfway through a twelve-post thread, Blinken claimed, “It’s good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden Administration developed after months of discussion with Arab partners, Israel and the Palestinian Authority.” As if the American people, the Israeli government, and even the Palestinians were just waiting for Blinken’s Spotify-era diplomacy to bloom into something useful.
The reaction was immediate — and blistering.
Trump himself dismissed the notion with a smirk and a shot of reality: “Everybody knows that’s a joke… That was weak leadership.” That’s putting it mildly. The Biden administration’s foreign policy legacy is not peace or strength. It’s the Kabul airport collapse, the emboldening of Russia, the failure to deter Iranian aggression, and the complete erosion of U.S. credibility abroad. The idea that this team “developed” the groundwork for peace — and that Trump merely “built on it” — is as laughable as it is insulting.
.@POTUS: “Everybody knows that’s a joke. They did such a bad job. This should’ve never happened… Everything they did was the opposite of what you should’ve done.” https://t.co/NAJbjDO9qf pic.twitter.com/m27U4btgZf
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 13, 2025
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) didn’t hold back either, calling Blinken’s legacy a string of “foreign policy disasters,” from the Afghanistan debacle to the uncontained chaos in the Middle East. Miranda Devine of The New York Post rightly labeled the move “pathetic,” noting that Blinken — and by extension Biden — presided over four years of global humiliation, not progress.
Others were even less restrained. GOP strategist Matt Whitlock compared Blinken’s performance at State to his well-documented side hobby of making Spotify playlists. And former Nikki Haley advisor Nachama Soloveichik delivered the bluntest rebuttal yet: “Nobody—and I mean nobody—believes Joe Biden has anything to do with what is happening in Israel tonight.”
What an absolute joke! @ABlinken was the worst Secretary of State we’ve ever had and oversaw one foreign policy disaster after the next! From the disastrous withdrawal in Afghanistan to the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the terrorist attacks against Israel. A complete failure. https://t.co/DuiFOZAucn
— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) October 13, 2025
That’s the heart of the issue. The American people have watched for four long years as the Biden-Blinken foreign policy strategy amounted to little more than defer, deflect, and deteriorate. Under their watch, adversaries grew bolder, allies grew more uncertain, and nothing resembling peace ever materialized. Now, with real diplomatic progress finally breaking through under President Trump, they want to sneak into the victory photo?
The record speaks for itself. The Trump administration didn’t inherit some master plan — it built the Abraham Accords from scratch, realigned the region, applied pressure where needed, and understood the basic truth the Biden team never could: strength brings peace. Appeasement breeds chaos.
