Rep. Liz Cheney Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyGOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power Graham vows GOP will accept election results after Trump comments Liz Cheney promises peaceful transfer of power: 'Fundamental to the survival of our Republic' MORE (R-Wyo.) said Sunday the world is "safer" and more stable because of President Trump's foreign policy decisions.

"No question, the world is safer," she told NBC's "Meet the Press."

"[We're] in a situation where American leadership has come back," she said, adding that under former President Obama, the military "did not get the resources it needed."

Cheney said Trump pulled the country out of deals, including the Iran nuclear deal, that she said "made us less safe."

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Host Chuck Todd Charles (Chuck) David ToddMurkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Republican senator says plans to confirm justice before election 'completely consistent with the precedent' Sunday shows - Trump team defends coronavirus response MORE pressed Cheney, asking why India and Pakistan are closer to war and tensions are growing between Japan and South Korea if the world is "safer."

"I don't think any previous president would allow it to fester the way it has festered," Todd said.

"Maybe that's why we've had so much trouble keeping a national security adviser," he added, asking if that bothers Cheney.

National security adviser John Bolton John BoltonJudge appears skeptical of Bolton's defense of publishing book without White House approval Maximum pressure is keeping US troops in Iraq and Syria Woodward book trails Bolton, Mary Trump in first-week sales MORE, the third to serve in the position in Trump's administration, was ousted last week.

Bolton said he handed in his resignation. Trump said he asked Bolton to leave.

"Bolton served the nation honorably in a number of positions, but the president has a right to keep around him who he decides," Cheney said.

Cheney's comments come a week after she publicly feuded with Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulRon Paul hospitalized in Texas The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump previews SCOTUS nominee as 'totally brilliant' Rand Paul says he can't judge 'guilt or innocence' in Breonna Taylor case MORE (R-Ky.) on Twitter over Trump's foreign policy ideas and which lawmaker supports Trump's views.

She doubled down on her comments in her Sunday interview.

"I think if you look back at what Sen. Paul has said over many, many years, he's very different from where President Trump is on these issues," she said. "President Trump puts America first. Sen. Paul, whenever given the opportunity, blames America first," she said.

Paul had criticized Cheney as a warmonger and accused her position as being different from that of Trump, who Paul said is looking to end the Afghanistan war.