Fox News: Biden ‘absolutely’ made mistake with ‘gutsy’ Ukraine trip: Rove

Fox News contributor Karl Rove joined ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss Biden’s Kyiv trip and how war has historically impacted presidential elections. #FoxNews

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>> Dana: JACQUE HEINRICH AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING. >> Bill: SETTING THE TABLE FOR KARL ROVE. GOOD MORNING. COME INTO THE CONVERSATION NOW. NICE TO HAVE YOU. YOU HAVE A WHITE BOARD HERE. LET ME TEE YOU UP ON THIS. NOT JUST WAR WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

BUT POLITICS, JOE BIDEN JUST LAUNCHED HIS 24 RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN KIEV. THERE IS ANOTHER FAR MORE IMPORTANT, WHAT BETTER WAY FOR HIM TO SHOW HE STILL HAS WHAT IT TAKES THAN TO MAKE SECRET MISSION TO A WAR ZONE AND APPEAR WITH ZELENSKY.

I SET THE TABLE FOR YOU ON THAT. HOW DO YOU SIGHT AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT? >> IT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE VISIT AND IT WILL IMPROVE THE PRESIDENT’S IMAGE AS A STRONG LEADER. LET’S BE CAREFUL A LITTLE BIT. WAR HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN TWO

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE LIFETIMES OF MOST AMERICANS. 1968 THE VIETNAM WAR WAS A CRITICAL ISSUE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. 2004 IT WAS ALSO A KEY ISSUE IN THE RACE, IRAQ AND THE BATTLE BETWEEN BUSH AND KERRY. BUT EVEN SUCCESSFUL THE RESOLUTION OF SUCCESSFUL WARS

AREN’T NECESSARILY AN ISSUE IN THE CAMPAIGN OFTEN TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE INCUMBENT. THE FIRST GULF WAR ENDED IN 1991. THEN GEORGE H.W. BUSH IS DEFEATED FOR ELECTION. IN 1960 WHEN THE DEMOCRATS CLAIMED THERE WAS A MISSILE GAP WITH RUSSIA AND RONALD REAGAN

TALKED ABOUT THE DETERIORATION OF MILITARY EXPENSE. AND TRUMP MADE IT AN ISSUE. WILL IT BE ON ISSUE IN 2024? PERHAPS. IT’S A MUCH MORE COMPLICATED PICTURE FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. THE GREAT TRIP TO KIEV AND IT WAS A GUTSY MOVE ON HIS PART. DOESN’T REMOVE THE VIEW THAT OUR

MILITARY IS WEAKER AND THAT THE RETREAT FROM KABUL WAS A DISASTER. WE’LL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT. DEPENDS ON WHO THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IS AND WHAT AVENUE THEY TAKE. THIS IS LIKELY TO HAVE A MOTTEST IMPACT IN THE SHORT RUN. NOT A DETERMINING FACTOR, I SUSPECT.

IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. A VISIT — THE WARM VIEW OF THE VISIT WILL GO. FRANKLY WHAT SURPRISED ME IS HOW MUCH IT WAS NOT IN THE HEADLINES. THERE WAS A PIECE TODAY SHOWING THE HEADLINES AND DIDN’T BREAK THROUGH WELL. >> Dana: IT DIDN’T GET A MENTION.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT MADE AN ERROR IN NOT VISITING EAST PAL IS PALESTINE, OHIO BEFORE HE WENT TO UKRAINE? >> ABSOLUTELY. RATHER THAN LOOKING LIKE THEY WERE DISENGAGED. ABSOLUTELY. >> Dana: WOULD YOU SAY THE SAME ABOUT THE BORDER?

A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IS OVERSHADOWED BY THE FACT THEY HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THE BORDER SECURITY ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THEY TELL YOU THE BORDER IS SECURE. YOU CAN SEE IT IS NOT. THEN THAT MEANS YOU CAN’T

ACTUALLY DEAL WITH ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER RATHER THAN NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS WHICH ARE VALID FROM OVERSEAS. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS A SMART MOVE ON GOVERNOR DESANTIS’S PART. HE WASN’T AGAINST AID TO UKRAINE. HE SAID I UNDERSTAND YOU PRIORITIZED THAT.

WHY AREN’T YOU PRIOR OR ADVERTISING OUR OWN BORDERS? I SUSPECT IT WILL BE A COMMON THEME FROM REPUBLICANS AND ONE THAT WORKS AND IT IS ONE THAT WORKS TO THE DISADVANTAGE OF THE DEMOCRATS. THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE BORDER FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PERSPECTIVE IS

KAMALA HARRIS. WHO DOESN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE U.S. BORDER. MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE BORDER CRISIS WHICH SHE CLAIMS IS THE DESTABILIZED AND WEAK GOVERNMENTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A BIG VULNERABILITY ON THE BORDER AND HAVE PRACTICAL POLITICAL IMPACTS.

I WILL WRITE ABOUT THIS THIS WEEK. COME ACROSS AN INTERESTING POL

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