Donald Trump on Foreign Policy

[Flopper]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

 

[Meathead]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisory. It will be President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

What do you want him to do, go on another apology tour?

 

[LA RAM FAN]

 

[owebo]

Walk softly, and carry an assualt weapon......

 

[Flopper]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisory. It will be President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

What do you want him to do, go on another apology tour?

Pray for Devine guidance. That's about the only option when one is out of their depth so far that they consider advisors that know less than they do.


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[Meathead]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisory. It will be President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

What do you want him to do, go on another apology tour?

Pray for Devine guidance. That's about the only option when one is out of their depth so far that they consider advisors that know less than they do.


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Our prayers for divine guidance have been answered. Hillary's were not. But then she was seeking guidance from the Media, Academia, Hollywood and her own minions who assured her she couldn't lose.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

In other words, you think the President has to be guided by an ideology rather than take a pragmatic approach to the facts and issues he confronts.

That's exactly what Obama did, relying on a schoolboy understanding of globalist philosophy, he managed to screw up the ME, allowing ISIS to form, hundreds of thousands of people to be killed and millions made homeless, destroy the non proliferation protocol the world had relied on since the 1950's and bring American prestige and influence in the region to the lowest point it has been since before WWII and bring US Russia relations nearly to Cold War status, making peace in the ME or eastern Europe nearly impossible.

The last thing America or the world needs is another president committed to a schoolboy ideology of how the world should work. Remember Hitler, Stalin and Mao fit your description of how a leader should be perfectly, but Trump would not because he is a pragmatist, not a stars in his eyes idealist such as you want.

 

[Flopper]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

In other words, you think the President has to be guided by an ideology rather than take a pragmatic approach to the facts and issues he confronts.

That's exactly what Obama did, relying on a schoolboy understanding of globalist philosophy, he managed to screw up the ME, allowing ISIS to form, hundreds of thousands of people to be killed and millions made homeless, destroy the non proliferation protocol the world had relied on since the 1950's and bring American prestige and influence in the region to the lowest point it has been since before WWII and bring US Russia relations nearly to Cold War status, making peace in the ME or eastern Europe nearly impossible.

The last thing America or the world needs is another president committed to a schoolboy ideology of how the world should work. Remember Hitler, Stalin and Mao fit your description of how a leader should be perfectly, but Trump would not because he is a pragmatist, not a stars in his eyes idealist such as you want.

The assumption is that the “idealists” don’t care as much about American interests. They just want the United States to live up to its principles and get on the right side of history no matter what the strategic costs.

This, of course, is nonsense. For one thing, nations, like individuals, rarely act purely on principle or purely out of self-interest. Nor can national interests be so neatly defined. Access to oil is an interest, but so is the promotion of certain principles, including democracy. Good foreign policy is based on a good understanding of the culture and forces that drive the leadership in those cultures. It will be support by principals but also be goal orientated.

Like most modern presidents, Obama's foreign policy was pragmatic. For example, Obama initial foreign policy statement stressed 5 key points, ending the war in Iraq, rebuilding the military, securing, destroying, and stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction, rebuild and construct the alliances and partnerships necessary to meet common threats, and help other nations rebuild societies but only the citizens of those nations can sustain it. At the heart of Obama's failures in foreign policy as well Bushs has been the lack understanding of the driving forces within the Middle East. It had nothing to do idealism or pragmatism.

The divergence of opinion between the people Trump spoke to about key foreign policy positions indicate that he does not know where he wants to go and that is a major problem because foreign policy is far more than a set campaign issues.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisory. It will be President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

What do you want him to do, go on another apology tour?

Pray for Devine guidance. That's about the only option when one is out of their depth so far that they consider advisors that know less than they do.


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What were you trying to do with your Op?

A bunch of words.. But no substance?

Obama fucked up the world..

 

[Wyatt earp]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

In other words, you think the President has to be guided by an ideology rather than take a pragmatic approach to the facts and issues he confronts.

That's exactly what Obama did, relying on a schoolboy understanding of globalist philosophy, he managed to screw up the ME, allowing ISIS to form, hundreds of thousands of people to be killed and millions made homeless, destroy the non proliferation protocol the world had relied on since the 1950's and bring American prestige and influence in the region to the lowest point it has been since before WWII and bring US Russia relations nearly to Cold War status, making peace in the ME or eastern Europe nearly impossible.

The last thing America or the world needs is another president committed to a schoolboy ideology of how the world should work. Remember Hitler, Stalin and Mao fit your description of how a leader should be perfectly, but Trump would not because he is a pragmatist, not a stars in his eyes idealist such as you want.

The assumption is that the “idealists” don’t care as much about American interests. They just want the United States to live up to its principles and get on the right side of history no matter what the strategic costs.

This, of course, is nonsense. For one thing, nations, like individuals, rarely act purely on principle or purely out of self-interest. Nor can national interests be so neatly defined. Access to oil is an interest, but so is the promotion of certain principles, including democracy. Good foreign policy is based on a good understanding of the culture and forces that drive the leadership in those cultures. It will be support by principals but also be goal orientated.

Like most modern presidents, Obama's foreign policy was pragmatic. For example, Obama initial foreign policy statement stressed 5 key points, ending the war in Iraq, rebuilding the military, securing, destroying, and stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction, rebuild and construct the alliances and partnerships necessary to meet common threats, and help other nations rebuild societies but only the citizens of those nations can sustain it. At the heart of Obama's failures in foreign policy as well Bushs has been the lack understanding of the driving forces within the Middle East. It had nothing to do idealism or pragmatism.

The divergence of opinion between the people Trump spoke to about key foreign policy positions indicate that he does not know where he wants to go and that is a major problem because foreign policy is far more than a set campaign issues.

Lmfao. Obama led from behind. Hell France wanted to kick Assad ass but obozo wouldn't back her.

Imagine that the French surrender monkeys asking for Obama's help and he ran away..

To save face to Iran

 

[Wyatt earp]

Op you are history as long as I am around

 

[Flopper]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

In other words, you think the President has to be guided by an ideology rather than take a pragmatic approach to the facts and issues he confronts.

That's exactly what Obama did, relying on a schoolboy understanding of globalist philosophy, he managed to screw up the ME, allowing ISIS to form, hundreds of thousands of people to be killed and millions made homeless, destroy the non proliferation protocol the world had relied on since the 1950's and bring American prestige and influence in the region to the lowest point it has been since before WWII and bring US Russia relations nearly to Cold War status, making peace in the ME or eastern Europe nearly impossible.

The last thing America or the world needs is another president committed to a schoolboy ideology of how the world should work. Remember Hitler, Stalin and Mao fit your description of how a leader should be perfectly, but Trump would not because he is a pragmatist, not a stars in his eyes idealist such as you want.

The assumption is that the “idealists” don’t care as much about American interests. They just want the United States to live up to its principles and get on the right side of history no matter what the strategic costs.

This, of course, is nonsense. For one thing, nations, like individuals, rarely act purely on principle or purely out of self-interest. Nor can national interests be so neatly defined. Access to oil is an interest, but so is the promotion of certain principles, including democracy. Good foreign policy is based on a good understanding of the culture and forces that drive the leadership in those cultures. It will be support by principals but also be goal orientated.

Like most modern presidents, Obama's foreign policy was pragmatic. For example, Obama initial foreign policy statement stressed 5 key points, ending the war in Iraq, rebuilding the military, securing, destroying, and stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction, rebuild and construct the alliances and partnerships necessary to meet common threats, and help other nations rebuild societies but only the citizens of those nations can sustain it. At the heart of Obama's failures in foreign policy as well Bushs has been the lack understanding of the driving forces within the Middle East. It had nothing to do idealism or pragmatism.

The divergence of opinion between the people Trump spoke to about key foreign policy positions indicate that he does not know where he wants to go and that is a major problem because foreign policy is far more than a set campaign issues.

Lmfao. Obama led from behind. Hell France wanted to kick Assad ass but obozo wouldn't back her.

Imagine that the French surrender monkeys asking for Obama's help and he ran away..

To save face to Iran

Obama had serious foreign policy failures. However, that does not make Trump's approach to foreign policy, what ever it might be a good one.

The last president with an effective foreign policy was H.W. Bush. He came to office with all the right credentials, 8 years as vice president, 3 years as Director of the CIA, 2 years as Chief of the Liaison Office for the People's Republic of China, 3 years as the US ambassador to the UN, and a decorated WWII veteran. As president he knew how to set realist goals and meet them. He offered a model for foreign intervention that faithfully subscribed to the Weinberger/Powell Doctrine and was of course flagrantly violated by his son. Had we followed the doctrine he laid out in the Middle East, we would be so much better off today.

 

[Correll]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

Trump's policy of not fucking with Russia for no reason is a good place to start.


NOt over throwing Arab governments to make places for Islamo-fascists to take over is another.

 

[Flopper]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

Trump's policy of not fucking with Russia for no reason is a good place to start.


NOt over throwing Arab governments to make places for Islamo-fascists to take over is another.

As an American president, you're gong to fuck with Russia. That's a given. Clinton, Bush, and Obama all took the same approach as Trump in trying to normalizing relations with Russia. They tried to bridge the gap and all paid for their mistake. American and Russian interest are not the same and in fact there are a number areas in which we are adversaries.

Putin's support for Trump is simply a matter of promoting an unskilled adversary that doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to international politics. Within a year of Trump's inauguration, you're going hear him complaining about the unfair treatment from Russia.

 

[Correll]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

Trump's policy of not fucking with Russia for no reason is a good place to start.


NOt over throwing Arab governments to make places for Islamo-fascists to take over is another.

As an American president, you're gong to fuck with Russia. That's a given. Clinton, Bush, and Obama all took the same approach as Trump in trying to normalizing relations with Russia. They tried to bridge the gap and all paid for their mistake. American and Russian interest are not the same and in fact there are a number areas in which we are adversaries.

Putin's support for Trump is simply a matter of promoting an unskilled adversary that doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to international politics. Within a year of Trump's inauguration, you're going hear him complaining about the unfair treatment from Russia.

What interests are in conflict?

 

[Flopper]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

Trump's policy of not fucking with Russia for no reason is a good place to start.


NOt over throwing Arab governments to make places for Islamo-fascists to take over is another.

As an American president, you're gong to fuck with Russia. That's a given. Clinton, Bush, and Obama all took the same approach as Trump in trying to normalizing relations with Russia. They tried to bridge the gap and all paid for their mistake. American and Russian interest are not the same and in fact there are a number areas in which we are adversaries.

Putin's support for Trump is simply a matter of promoting an unskilled adversary that doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to international politics. Within a year of Trump's inauguration, you're going hear him complaining about the unfair treatment from Russia.

What interests are in conflict?

Russian cyber attacks, Iskander missile system, Syria, Ukraine, human rights, Soviet bases in Vietnam and Cuba, and NATO for starters.

 

[Correll]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

Trump's policy of not fucking with Russia for no reason is a good place to start.


NOt over throwing Arab governments to make places for Islamo-fascists to take over is another.

As an American president, you're gong to fuck with Russia. That's a given. Clinton, Bush, and Obama all took the same approach as Trump in trying to normalizing relations with Russia. They tried to bridge the gap and all paid for their mistake. American and Russian interest are not the same and in fact there are a number areas in which we are adversaries.

Putin's support for Trump is simply a matter of promoting an unskilled adversary that doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to international politics. Within a year of Trump's inauguration, you're going hear him complaining about the unfair treatment from Russia.

What interests are in conflict?

Russian cyber attacks, Iskander missile system, Syria, Ukraine, human rights, Soviet bases in Vietnam and Cuba, and NATO for starters.

Russia cyber attacks are nothing compared to the provocations that the US has given to russia since the Clinton years.


A missile system? WHat's the big deal about that?

Syria? What? We both want ISIS destroyed.

Ukraine? How is the Ukraine an US interest?

Human RIghts? Human Rights are not the basis for a Second Cold War.

"Soviet bases" in Vietnam and Cuba? LOL! If Putin wants to flush money down those hellholes, what is it to US?

 

[Flash]

Throughout his campaign, Trump acknowledged his lack of foreign policy knowledge by saying he would have the best people as advisers. What Trump needs is not just advisers but a solid world view; that is deeply held political beliefs of how nations should deal with each other, an understanding of the major cultures and how they effect the view of leaders, and most important what American's philosophy should be in dealing with other nations. A world view is not a set of issues nor slogans such as make America great. It is a basic philosophy on which foreign policy is constructed.

Unlike economic policy or energy policy, the president's foreign policy can not change with the wind. The policy has to be consist otherwise allies and foes will misinterpret America's intention which often has disastrous results. Donald Trump has always consider his unpredictability as his greatest weapon. That certainly has to change or America will find itself with a lot more enemies and fewer friends.

Lastly, Foreign Policy is created by the president, not the Secretary of State or National Security Advisor. It will be the President's Foreign Policy. Upon that policy thousands of people in the State Dept, Dept of Defense, and Security agencies will formulate regulations, rules, and procedures in dealing with allies and foes.

In other words, you think the President has to be guided by an ideology rather than take a pragmatic approach to the facts and issues he confronts.

That's exactly what Obama did, relying on a schoolboy understanding of globalist philosophy, he managed to screw up the ME, allowing ISIS to form, hundreds of thousands of people to be killed and millions made homeless, destroy the non proliferation protocol the world had relied on since the 1950's and bring American prestige and influence in the region to the lowest point it has been since before WWII and bring US Russia relations nearly to Cold War status, making peace in the ME or eastern Europe nearly impossible.

The last thing America or the world needs is another president committed to a schoolboy ideology of how the world should work. Remember Hitler, Stalin and Mao fit your description of how a leader should be perfectly, but Trump would not because he is a pragmatist, not a stars in his eyes idealist such as you want.

The assumption is that the “idealists” don’t care as much about American interests. They just want the United States to live up to its principles and get on the right side of history no matter what the strategic costs.

This, of course, is nonsense. For one thing, nations, like individuals, rarely act purely on principle or purely out of self-interest. Nor can national interests be so neatly defined. Access to oil is an interest, but so is the promotion of certain principles, including democracy. Good foreign policy is based on a good understanding of the culture and forces that drive the leadership in those cultures. It will be support by principals but also be goal orientated.

Like most modern presidents, Obama's foreign policy was pragmatic. For example, Obama initial foreign policy statement stressed 5 key points, ending the war in Iraq, rebuilding the military, securing, destroying, and stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction, rebuild and construct the alliances and partnerships necessary to meet common threats, and help other nations rebuild societies but only the citizens of those nations can sustain it. At the heart of Obama's failures in foreign policy as well Bushs has been the lack understanding of the driving forces within the Middle East. It had nothing to do idealism or pragmatism.

The divergence of opinion between the people Trump spoke to about key foreign policy positions indicate that he does not know where he wants to go and that is a major problem because foreign policy is far more than a set campaign issues.

It is obvious you are confused.

His foreign policy speech in August very effectively established where he wanted to go. It addressed the key issues and it promoted the idea of non interventionism.. His speech outlined the areas that needed to be fixed that Obama had screwed up and it established a goal of non interventionism.

This was a much more competent and mature foreign policy declaration than anything we go out of that Crooked Hillary dumbass.

Obama's foreign policy was a disaster for this country and the rest of the world. Crooked Hillary was the worst Secretary of State with failures in just about everything she did. During Crooked Hillary campaign never once articulated a vision for America. The best we got out of the bitch was that she was going to allow open borders, bring in a million damn Muslims and continue with whatever it was that Obama had been doing, including kissing the ass of the Muslims.

I think we all know that Crooked Hillary's foreign policy would have been centered on paying back the IOUs she got from foreign countries that contributed to her money laundering foundation.



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The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.
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It all began with the dangerous idea that we could make Western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interest in becoming a Western Democracy.

We tore up what institutions they had and then were surprised at what we unleashed. Civil war, religious fanaticism; thousands of American lives, and many trillions of dollars, were lost as a result. The vacuum was created that ISIS would fill. Iran, too, would rush in and fill the void, much to their unjust enrichment.

Our foreign policy is a complete and total disaster.

No vision, no purpose, no direction, no strategy.

Today, I want to identify five main weaknesses in our foreign policy

First, Our Resources Are Overextended

Secondly, our allies are not paying their fair share.

Thirdly, our friends are beginning to think they can’t depend on us.

Fourth, our rivals no longer respect us.

Finally, we must develop a foreign policy based on American interests.

 

[easyt65]

Trump doesn't believe in open, unsecure borders that allow millions of unvetted criminals, human traffickers, drug dealers, and terrorists to freely enter the country...

Trump doesn't believe in supplying, financing, arming, training, & protecting terrorists or in Un-Constitutionally dragging the US into multiple wars on his own to HELP tertorists, such as the group that slaughtered 3,000 Americans...

...unlike Hillary and Barry.

If those 2 things were the only 2 things I knew about Trump I would prefer him over Hillary every time.

 

[Dr Grump]

Trump doesn't believe in open, unsecure borders that allow millions of unvetted criminals, human traffickers, drug dealers, and terrorists to freely enter the country...

Trump doesn't believe in supplying, financing, arming, training, & protecting terrorists or in Un-Constitutionally dragging the US into multiple wars on his own to HELP tertorists, such as the group that slaughtered 3,000 Americans...

...unlike Hillary and Barry.

If those 2 things were the only 2 things I knew about Trump I would prefer him over Hillary every time.

You're an idiot. hint - gulf war 1 was on Bush senior's watch. Gulf war II was on Baby Bush's watch.

Millions of illegals came in under every president including Bush's and Raygun. BTW, they'll still be coming in under Trumpie. How many things has he back tracked on already? You guys are so gullible. Not surprised. Dumb as a sack of spuds. The lot of ya...