Biden’s Primetime Address On Israel: Devotes His Speech on Threats to U.S. Security, How Awful Americans Are

The Oval Office is a momentous platform. It should be reserved for matters of sobering and serious import. And the subject to which Joe Biden ostensibly dedicated his primetime address to the nation is worthy of that stage. An emerging alliance among anti-American great powers, rogue nations, and a constellation of stateless terrorist groups is working toward the goal of hastening America’s decline and replacing the U.S.-led order with something ugly, violent, and pre-modern. Last night, Biden warned America of that emerging challenge — a little. But his speech also focused to an utterly superfluous degree on latent evils that lurk within his fellow Americans’ hearts.

Biden deserves credit for speaking plainly about the “evil” Hamas perpetrated, and he was right when he observed that the October 7 massacre did not occur in a vacuum. The president connected the slaughter of over 1,400 Israelis, Jews, and foreign nationals to the war in Ukraine — not just in terms of their tactical similarities (“mass” murder, “torture,” “rape used as a weapon,” and the abduction of civilians) but in strategic terms as well.

About the Author

Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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The Oval Office is a momentous platform. It should be reserved for matters of sobering and serious import. And the subject to which Joe Biden ostensibly dedicated his primetime address to the nation is worthy of that stage. An emerging alliance among anti-American great powers, rogue nations, and a constellation of stateless terrorist groups is working toward the goal of hastening America’s decline and replacing the U.S.-led order with something ugly, violent, and pre-modern. Last night, Biden warned America of that emerging challenge — a little. But his speech also focused to an utterly superfluous degree on latent evils that lurk within his fellow Americans’ hearts.

Biden deserves credit for speaking plainly about the “evil” Hamas perpetrated, and he was right when he observed that the October 7 massacre did not occur in a vacuum. The president connected the slaughter of over 1,400 Israelis, Jews, and foreign nationals to the war in Ukraine — not just in terms of their tactical similarities (“mass” murder, “torture,” “rape used as a weapon,” and the abduction of civilians) but in strategic terms as well.

About the Author

Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.