Jake Sullivan: America ‘Safer And The Country Is Better Off Than We Were Four Years Ago’

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said during an interview on Sunday that the American people were better off and safer from threats today than they were four years ago.

Sullivan made his claim, which comes less than two weeks after an ISIS-inspired terrorist killed 14 people in an attack on New Orleans, during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper.

Tapper asked Sullivan: “Where across the globe could you point and say the United States is safer because of what we did here?”

After spouting White House talking points about the administration’s foreign policy track record, Sullivan said that Americans were better off now as a result.

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“I think the American people are safer and the country is better off than we were four years ago,” he said. “And we’re handing all that off to the next team, as well as having the engines of American power humming, our economy, our technology, our defense industrial base, our supply chains. So, the United States is in a stronger, more secure position, and our competitors and adversaries are weaker and under pressure. I think that’s the main handoff that we will make to the incoming team.”

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????Wow. Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor @JakeSullivan46 just said this with a straight face:

“The American people are safer and the country is better off than we were four years ago.” pic.twitter.com/jJienj5PYb

— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) January 12, 2025