He also said he thought the initial question, which raised controversy over whether Trump would represent for a peaceful transfer of power, was “stupid” because the journalist did not offer him the qualification to be transferred only if Trump lost. .
Pointing to Trump’s “unparalleled” foreign policy record and saying the administration has been taking more action on foreign policy issues in the past, O’Brien said he was confident the Australian Trump would win re-election. Most administrations have done in two terms than years. He said such achievements include NATO allies committed to spending more than 400 billion on defense over the next 10 years, preventing Iran from assassinating the leader of the Quds Force, and holding dozens of Americans hostage or detained abroad.
“I think he should win. We are a democracy, we have to see what happens, “he said. “I’ve seen rallies and people are very excited, but I’m not commenting from a political point of view, but I think there’s a lot of support for it and we’re definitely hoping for the best.”
Asked whether it was appropriate for Trump to request Attorney General William Barr to investigate anti-Democratic Joe Biden and his son Hunter, O’Brien declined to say but referred to questions Barr and Trump said and said they Don’t know enough about this issue.
“I am unaware of any pressure from the president,” he said.
O’Brien also said that the U.S. Turkey may impose sanctions on the S-400 air defense missile system purchased from Russia. Turkey tested the system last week, according to a report, but the administration has not approved the country under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, part of which goes after countries doing military business with Russia.
O’Brien said the U.S. Within the government, there are “many policy processes underway with Turkey,” involving the S-400, and the administration will abide by the law. The administration has already blocked Turkey from buying F-35 fighter jets.
“There may come a time when there are sanctions on Turkey due to different behavior, whether it is the S-400 or otherwise.” “We choose to avoid it if we can. We will see that Turkey does some work differently. ”
“Turkey is a big country, and they are a NATO ally, and we will try and want to get this right, but Turkey is not making it easy given some of the things it has created.”
O’Brien, while eating pizza at a restaurant in Baine, Maine, defended himself against criticism in Washington and Washington for traveling to swing states such as New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin in the last week before the election. He said some of those states “are at the forefront of our defense industrial base.”
“They deserve to hear as much about the president’s national security policies and the success of our foreign policy as the Washington think tank class.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and “the only people I hear regularly from Secretary Pompeo or Secretary Asper in thought tanks and those who criticize travel outside of Washington Washington.” Defense Secretary Mark Asper.
Earlier, Trump once criticized former President Barack Obama for telegraphy for some of his military actions, while O’Brien said the military’s backwardness in Afghanistan is different because the U.S. Has reached a deal with the Taliban where they have agreed not to attack the American military, even though they continue. Kill their Afghan brothers.
O’Brien said that if the Taliban did not fulfill their obligations under the peace agreement, they understood that there would be a strong and swift response from the United States, but at the present time they have agreed to this. He noted that after the deal was struck, the U.S. No fighting has been reported in Afghanistan.
Asked about the controversy with the Pentagon over how many troops to withdraw and how quickly, he said: “The military does not have a separate branch of government” and “they do not have an Afghanistan policy that is different from the administration’s policy.”
“The president is the commander-in-chief, and he has a policy on Afghanistan,” he said.
The National Security Adviser also called for a “very important step” to the new early arms control treaty, a recently reached preliminary deal between the US and Russia, but said it was “a week, a month” or “a year”. Finalizing the deal.
“But I think we have made progress, and I appreciate how the Russians have come closer to our position, and we’ll see if we can stop it.”
