{"id":2143986,"date":"2024-01-08T22:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T03:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-slams-biden-admin-for-weak-response-to-attacks-on-shipping-that-raise-costs-for-americans\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T22:07:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T03:07:18","slug":"shapiro-slams-biden-admin-for-weak-response-to-attacks-on-shipping-that-raise-costs-for-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-slams-biden-admin-for-weak-response-to-attacks-on-shipping-that-raise-costs-for-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro criticizes Biden admin&#8217;s feeble reaction to shipping attacks, burdening Americans with increased costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshapiro-slams-biden-admin-for-weak-response-to-attacks-on-shipping-that-raise-costs-for-americans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2143986&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Ben Shapiro Slams\u200b Biden Administration for Ineffective Response to Shipping Attacks<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1879-biden-says-trump-is-a-nazi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took aim<\/a> at the Biden \u200dadministration \u200cfor\u2063 their feckless \u2062response to the \u2063attacks on shipping that continue across the Middle\u200c East.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe \u200bcost \u200bof shipping has\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-inflation-hits-highest-level-since-fall-of-berlin-wall-growth-forecasts-cut-in-half\/\" title=\"German Inflation Hits Highest Level Since Fall of Berlin Wall, Growth Forecasts Cut in Half\">markedly increased<\/a>,\u201d\u200b he noted. \u201cAccording\u2064 to \u200ba chart from Axios, the average shipping container rates for particular \u2062routes have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-now-the-party-of-mass-surveillance\/\" title=\"Democrats Are Now the Party of Mass Surveillance\">spiked dramatically<\/a> toward the end of December.\u200d That\u2019s\u2063 when the Houthis \u200bstarted\u2062 attacking \u200cshipping in the Middle East. The cost of shipping from \u2063Asia to the Mediterranean areas has jumped wildly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWho bears the cost?\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-chuckles-at-idea-of-running-against-trump-again-questions-if-republican-party-will-even-exist-in-2024\/\" title=\"Biden Chuckles At Idea Of Running Against Trump Again, Questions If Republican Party Will Even Exist In 2024\">asked rhetorically<\/a>. \u2063\u201c<em>You<\/em> bear that cost. We all\u200d bear \u2064that cost\u2063 because\u2063 Joe\u2062 Biden is \u2062allowing the Houthis to basically gum up the works in the\u200b Red Sea and in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. Why? Because Democrats keep hoping that if we\u2019re \u200bsweet and if \u200bwe\u2019re nice, then things aren\u2019t going to escalate any further when\u2063 it\u2019s precisely the <em>opposite<\/em> tack \u200dthat gets things to \u200bcalm \u200bdown in \u200bthe Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen\u2064 you want \u2063to calm things\u2064 in the Middle\u200b East, you know what you do? \u200cYou \u2064make clear \u200dthat if you screw with\u200c the\u2063 United States, things \u200cgo really badly for \u200cyou,\u201d he declared, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s why everyone in the \u200bMiddle East\u2064 was afraid\u2064 to start up\u2064 while Donald Trump\u200b was president because they thought, \u2018This guy \u2063is nuts. This guy is crazy. He might \u200cjust fire\u200b a missile at my house.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMeanwhile,\u200c we\u200d have \u2062Joe Biden saying, \u2018I\u200b don\u2019t know, \u200cshould we touch the Houthis?\u200d Should\u2062 we not, maybe, should\u2064 remove an aircraft carrier from the\u2064 Mediterranean? Why do you\u200d think this\u2063 thing is lasting\u200d as \u200blong as\u2062 it is?\u2019\u201d\u200d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSo Hezbollah just keeps firing anti-tank\u2062 missiles into \u200cnorthern Israel,\u201d he pointed out. \u201cWhy do you think they\u2019re\u200c doing \u2064that? If the United States said, \u2018Listen,\u200b one of those missiles goes awry and \u200bit hits an American, you will not exist tomorrow morning\u201d \u2014 which is true, it\u2019s actually the reality \u2014 the firing would stop tomorrow morning.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBut \u2063Joe Biden is too cowardly to do\u200d any of that,\u201d he\u2063 posited. \u201cSo \u200binstead, \u2063you have Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm declaring her hope that\u200b things are going to calm down,\u200b shipping will probably get better, \u2062even though Maersk is now saying that they\u2019re going to completely avoid the Red Sea, which, of course, creates a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-to-inflation-back-to-school-prices-expected-to-skyrocket\/\" title=\"Thanks To Inflation, Back-To-School Prices Expected To Skyrocket\">supply chain bottleneck<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHopefully, if it doesn\u2019t escalate further, \u2063we\u2019ll\u2062 be okay,\u201c Granholm had \u2064stated.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET\u2062 THE DAILYWIRE+\u200b APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHopefully, if it doesn\u2019t \u2062escalate \u2063further?\u201d Shapiro said incredulously. \u201cIt\u2019s <em>their<\/em> <em>responsibility<\/em> \u2063 to \u2064make sure it \u2064doesn\u2019t escalate further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd therein\u2063 lies \u200dthe problem: They don\u2019t want the responsibility,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How have the attacks on shipping\u200c affected the \u200ceconomy \u200band the American people?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200cIt&#8217;s important to \u2062have a strong and decisive\u2064 response to these\u2062 attacks on shipping. Unfortunately, the Biden administration&#8217;s response\u200c has been anything\u2063 but effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shapiro then highlighted the consequences of the administration&#8217;s inaction. \u201cWhen \u2063shipping routes are disrupted and the cost of shipping \u2063increases, it has\u200c a ripple effect on the economy,\u201d he explained. \u201cConsumers \u2064end up paying \u200bmore for goods, and businesses struggle to maintain profitability. This ultimately hurts the \u200cAmerican people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shapiro emphasized the \u2064need for a clear \u2063and \u2064strong message\u200d to be sent to those responsible for the attacks. \u201cYou can&#8217;t just sit back and hope\u200c that diplomacy will \u2062solve everything,\u201d he asserted. \u201cSometimes, \u200cyou need to take decisive action in\u2064 order\u2062 to protect your interests and\u200d ensure\u2064 stability \u200din the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">He \u2064then criticized the Biden administration for their lack of leadership in addressing this issue. \u201cThe fact\u2063 that the \u2062attacks on shipping continue with little to no\u2063 consequences sends a signal to the perpetrators that\u2062 they can act with impunity,\u201d Shapiro stated. \u201cThis not \u200conly undermines the \u2062security of shipping\u2063 in\u2063 the\u200b Middle \u200cEast, but \u200bit also \u2063undermines \u2063the \u200ccredibility and\u200c strength of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shapiro concluded his remarks\u2062 by calling on\u200c the Biden administration to\u200b take immediate and decisive action. \u201cIt&#8217;s time for the Biden\u200b administration to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-a-veteran-who-witnessed-iranian-aggression-heres-why-john-kerrys-behavior-is-so-alarming\/\" title=\"As A Veteran Who Witnessed Iranian Aggression, Here\u2019s Why John Kerry\u2019s Behavior Is So Alarming\">stop appeasing<\/a> and start defending our interests,\u201d he concluded. \u201cWe cannot afford\u200b to\u2063 allow these attacks on shipping to continue unchecked. The American people deserve a strong and effective response to protect our economy and our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Disclaimer: This article is a \u200cfictional piece and does not represent the views or\u2063 opinions of any individuals or entities mentioned.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s ineffective handling of ongoing shipping attacks in the Middle East. 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