Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned viewers on The Ingraham Angle that Americans are waking up to a far more dangerous world than the media or the current leadership will admit, pointing to a string of violent attacks overseas and the spread of terror networks that threaten our security. Gingrich’s message was blunt: this is not a time for wishful thinking or moralizing; it is a time for strength, clarity, and decisive American leadership.
Gingrich tore into the feckless foreign policy he says has left gaps for jihadists, cartels, and authoritarian rivals to exploit, arguing that Washington is drifting on autopilot while threats metastasize. He cited concrete examples—arms flowing out of failed states, emboldened terror cells, and nations like Mali and Algeria sliding toward sanctuary for militants—as proof that rhetoric without strategy equals surrender.
He also underscored how weapons from Libya and Syria are arming new pockets of violence across North Africa and the Middle East, and warned that unstable countries with nuclear ambitions or fragile regimes pose multiplying risks to American interests. This is not abstract theory; it is a real-world map of danger that demands a sober appraisal and a reversal of the policies that left these gaps in the first place.
Gingrich didn’t mince words about one of the root causes: a military and national-security culture distracted by social experiments instead of preparing to win wars and deter enemies. He used Afghanistan as a cautionary tale—warning that a “woke” focus that deprioritizes readiness handed a strategic green light to adversaries and must be replaced by rebuilding a lethal, focused force. America’s soldiers should be trained, equipped, and empowered to prevail, not lectured.
On the home front, the former speaker slammed the left for policies that erode law and order, weaken border defenses, and signal to enemies and criminal networks that America is vulnerable. Laura Ingraham’s show has repeatedly highlighted the spike in targeted violence and attacks on law-enforcement facilities; Gingrich’s point is simple and patriotic—if you undermine the rule of law, you forfeit safety for hardworking Americans.
The remedy Gingrich prescribes is unmistakable: restore deterrence, secure the border, back our law enforcement, and rebuild an unapologetically strong foreign policy that holds China, Russia, Iran, and terror groups to account. Conservatives should rally behind that clear, common-sense approach—because defending the homeland and preserving American liberty requires courage, clarity, and leaders who will put country before popularity.
