Ex-Pentagon spokesperson: Trump inauguration predictions 'could not be further from the truth'

A former Pentagon spokesperson for the Biden administration took aim at President Trump in an op-ed for MSNBC on Trump's 100th day in office, accusing the current president of falling short on his promise to restore the nation's safety and global standing.

Sabrina Singh, now a Fox News panelist, highlighted claims Trump made in his January inaugural address that the U.S. would flourish under his leadership.

“Those predictions could not be further from the truth,” she wrote in the piece published Tuesday. “One hundred days into his second term, the U.S. is weaker on the world stage and less safe from threats than we were on January 20. And our friends and adversaries notice.”

Singh, a California native, previously worked for several of Trump's top political foes including former Vice President Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and American Bridge, a major Democratic super PAC.

“Instead of championing our network of alliances, the administration is withdrawing the U.S. from the world stage,” she wrote in her assessment of Trump's first 100 days in office. “Instead of building our economic power, Trump has imposed a chaotic tariff policy, hurting some of our biggest trading partners and causing the dollar to drop in value. Instead of bolstering our military lethality, Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is leaving our military more vulnerable.”

Singh has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, particularly after it was revealed that Hegseth shared sensitive military details in at least two chats over Signal, a private messaging app.

“Intentionally sharing sensitive intelligence on unsecure systems would end a career, and for someone who talks a big game about supporting warfighters, Hegseth’s actions put our service members in harm’s way,” Singh wrote.

Singh also blasted Trump's tariff policies and the nation's standing in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

“As some of our largest trading partners, like Canada, Mexico, Japan and Korea, become more closely aligned with other countries, this could lead to a shift in the global balance of power,” she wrote. “And when America is economically strained, our national security is equally strained.”

“Trump’s policies and incompetence work in U.S. adversaries' favor,” she added.

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