Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen claimed that conflicts in Ukraine, Taiwan, and the Middle East stem from the United States’s hesitancy to lead on the global stage during the Obama administration.

Rasmussen said the Obama administration “retreat[ed]” from its role in the Middle East, which former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden continued. 

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