Rep. Trott: "Thanks To President Obama's Leadership...All is Quiet, in Greenland."

WASHINGTON, DC: U.S. Representative Dave Trott (MI-11), Michigan's only member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, spoke this week on the House floor regarding President Obama's failed foreign policy and the continued rising international turmoil under his leadership.

Rep. Dave Trott:

"Mr. Speaker,

Over the holidays I had the opportunity to read 'Killing Reagan,' another interesting book by [Bill] O'Reilly, and in the book he talks about the president's last morning...[President Reagan] cleaned out the Oval Office and left a note in the desk for his successor and then Colin Powell came in to deliver his last national security briefing. And he simply said to the president, 'All is quiet in the world today.'

Can you imagine if today were President Obama's last national security briefing? The gentleman or gentlewoman would say, 'Sir, we have a lot of problems in China, in North Korea, in Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia...the Taliban is on the rise, ISIS is not contained, Israel is still mad at us, there's been recent terror activity in Munich and Paris, and in Belgium, but sir, because of your leadership all is quiet today...in Greenland.'

Mr. Speaker, I yield back."

Despite campaigning on the promise that he would strengthen America abroad and improve the nation's standing on the world stage, President Obama's foreign policy has resulted in calamity and crisis around the world. For example:

• After initially drawing a "red line" in Syria, President Obama refused to follow up on his words leading to the rise of ISIS and the worst humanitarian crisis of our time.

• In Ukraine, Russian leader Vladimir Putin's forcible takeover of Crimea grew Russia's influence in the region and Administration's tepid response did little to help the Ukrainians struggling to push back against Putin's aggressiveness.

• Then there is Iran, where President Obama crafted a dangerous agreement that paves the way for the radical regime to build nuclear weapons and gives Iran billions of dollars in aid to support the nation's proxy wars and aggression towards key American allies like Israel.

• In the fight against ISIS, President Obama has yet to even offer a strategy to defeat the  radical Islamic group--even admitting himself on two separate occasions that he has "no strategy." And only hours after he declared ISIS was "contained," Islamic fighters with the group carried out deadly terror attacks in Paris and then inspired a husband and wife terror tandem to murder Americans in San Bernardino.

• And now just this week, North Korea's dictator, Kim Jung Un, is proudly announcing that his Communist government has tested a hydrogen bomb.

In 2008, candidate Barack Obama stated, "I want America--once again--to lead." Well, nearly eight years later, the American people and the rest of the world are still waiting for that leadership.