Nikki Haley: Biden is 'weakest president in history' and U.S. enemies could act now

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin -- and other dictators across the globe -- know that President Joe Biden is “the weakest president in history” and could take advantage of the United States’ vulnerable state to act nefariously.   

"[N]one of this would be happening if Afghanistan wouldn't have been the crisis that it was, but what you're seeing is Russia and all the dictators are seeing an opportunity that this is the weakest president that America has ever had," Haley told Fox News’ “Special Report.”

"And so if they were ever going to invade Ukraine, this is the time to do it.”

The former South Carolina governor advised that the U.S. and its Western allies should be weary of giving into Russia’s demands, noting that weakness could prompt other unfriendly regimes like China to act without fear of retribution.

"I think what Russia's really trying to do is get us to not allow Ukraine into NATO. And we have to remember that if you start to give in to Russia's threats, they'll be just another one behind it. But the one thing that makes the Ukraine-Russia issue so important is that China is watching this because how this plays out will dictate whether China thinks they can go ahead with [annexation of] Taiwan. So all of these things string together."

"All of this means that America needs to show strength and needs to show deterrence when it comes to any threats that are coming our way or towards our allies," she said.

Haley also pushed back against Biden’s U.N. ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who recently stated that Ukraine and Taiwan are "two different types of situations."

"It's not two different types of situations. I saw China and Russia becoming closer and closer when I was U.N. ambassador, I think you have to realize that this is China watching what Russia is doing. You haven't seen China condemn Russia. You haven't seen China call Russia and tell them not to do anything. If anything, they tried to stop the meeting in the Security Council and took the side of Russia," she said.

Haley ended her “Special Report” interview by criticizing the Chinese regime’s decision to have a Chinese Uyghur Olympian carry the torch at the Olympics’ opening games.

"They put that athlete front and center to try and say, If we show you something different, then you will forget the images of all of those Uyghurs on their knees, blindfolded that are sexually abused, tortured, and that we are seeing genocide right in front of our very eyes," she said.

"This is them trying to fool everyone. We're not stupid. You can tell by the fact that Americans are not watching the Olympics. The fact that sponsors are going to continue to think they can make money and they can't there are torturing people in front of our face. We promised never again. We have to stand by that."