Distinguished conservatives on social media trashed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken for touting his division’s work to “strengthen world peace.”
On Thursday, Blinken shared a hyperlink to a State Division year-end media presentation, titled “Portraits of Diplomacy: 2023, A Photographic Journey with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken,” which depicted key moments within the authorities official’s work all year long.
Blinken posted, “As I replicate on the miles traveled, international locations visited, and intense diplomacy over the previous yr, I’m pleased with our work to construct stronger partnerships and strengthen world peace and safety.”
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken took warmth on social media after touting the U.S. State Departments work to safe world peace this yr. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)
The introduction to the “photographic journey” web page, composed fully of images of Blinken, stated, “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken calls America’s partnerships its best strategic asset. In 2023, he traveled greater than 380,000 kilometers and visited over two dozen international locations to satisfy with our nation’s companions. He pledged solidarity with allies and provided help after disasters.”
It stated the photographer assigned to Blinken had taken virtually 100,000 pictures as he chronicled “the secretary’s mission to safeguard our nation’s partnerships and forge new ones.”
The positioning featured pictures of Blinken assembly with international heads of states, together with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, posing with President Biden, hanging out with the U.S. Nationwide Ladies’s soccer group, and taking part in guitar on the division’s International Music Diplomacy Initiative in D.C. in September.
However conservatives on X didn’t share Blinken’s enthusiasm for the State Division’s work this yr, significantly his phrases on strengthening “peace,” declaring all of the chaos that has been happening throughout the globe.
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In a latest X submit, Blinken praised the State Division’s work to “construct stronger partnerships and strengthen world peace and safety.” (Fox Information)
Former Appearing Director of Nationwide Intelligence underneath President Trump Rick Grenell pulled no punches, asking, “You’ve seen 2 brutal wars breakout underneath your tenure. What peace are you speaking about?”
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, replied to Blinken, stating, “I’m unsure the world can stand any extra of this Biden ‘peace.’”
Former Cruz staffer Steve Visitor made a reference to George Orwell’s “1984,” suggesting that Blinken’s submit was dystopian propaganda. He wrote, “’Battle is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is power.’”
Heart for U.N. Research director Mark Seddon claimed that Blinken was being delusional along with his statements, writing, “Ultimate proof that Blinken has landed on Cloud 9. The US has by no means been this remoted in my lifetime.”
Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., took the chance to remind Blinken of the Biden administration’s Afghanistan pullout, posting, “You and your group deserted 1000’s of People and our allies to terrorists in Afghanistan, getting 13 younger People killed within the course of. It is best to resign and spend the remainder of your life serving Gold Star Households.”
