The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base

[IM2]

Trump is the president of his base and no one else.

The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base
Why else would he pursue so many policies in Latin America that do not serve the national interest?


By Susan E. Rice

Ms. Rice, a contributing opinion writer, was the national security adviser from 2013 to 2017.
May 5, 2019

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Americans can be forgiven if they struggle to find any coherence in the Trump administration’s foreign policy. It zigs and zags, with senior administration officials saying one thing and President Trump contradicting them without warning the next day. It punishes our allies and coddles our adversaries; it privileges demagogy over democracy. Mr. Trump’s approach appears impulsive, improvisational and inchoate — devoid of clear purpose, values or even ideology.

Yet, upon closer examination, there is indeed a consistent logic staring us in the face. The unifying theme of Mr. Trump’s foreign policy is simply to service his domestic politics.

Mr. Trump welcomes and encourages Russia, a hostile adversary, to interfere in our elections so long as the manipulations benefit him. He discards decades of bipartisan policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to curry favor with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, and thus right-wing political support. The president follows a basic, if unorthodox, playbook: He and his party over our country.

Opinion | The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base

 

[BluesLegend]

Trump is the president of his base and no one else.

Trump won 30 states

 

[fncceo]

Who doesn't like being stroked?

 

[depotoo]

Susan Rice, the Susan Rice that went on the news show circuit to proclaim Benghazi was due to a video, KNOWING she was lying. That Susan Rice!

 

[kyzr]

I trust Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo way more than Obama's inept team.
Susan Rice - Wikipedia
Rice was in way over her head. She doesn't get that the Federal government needs to manage the economy as well as kowtow to US allies as they steal us blind. Not to mention how China is leeching of the US. Trump is managing the economy as well as opposing adversaries, and keeping our "friends" from taking advantage, such as NATO allies letting the US pay for the defense of the EU, instead of paying their dues.
Bolton is doing way better than Rice. Trump is doing way better than Obama regarding NATO, China, Iran, Israel, North Korea, illegal immigration, Fair Trade, and adequately funding the US military.

Here is the Obama admin's legacy, Rice's contributions are primarily the Iran scam and the Benghazi attack
Category:Obama administration controversies - Wikipedia

• Aftermath of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
• Air Force One photo op incident
• American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
• Abdulrahman al-Awlaki

• 2012 Benghazi attack
• Boundless Informant

• Charles Freeman appointment controversy
• Code name Geronimo controversy
• Criticism of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

• Drone strikes in Pakistan

• Fairview (surveillance program)

• Grand bargain (United States, 2011)
• Guantanamo Bay detention camp

• International military intervention against ISIL
• IRS targeting controversy

• Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

• Memogate (Pakistan)

• National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
• National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
• 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan
• NSA warrantless surveillance (2001–2007)

• Barack Obama on mass surveillance
• Operation Choke Point

• Political scandals during the Obama administration
• Presidential Policy Directive 20
• PRISM (surveillance program)
• Project Cassandra

• Reactions to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

• Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture
• Snowden affair
• American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War

• Taliban Five

• United States House Select Committee on Benghazi
• Uranium One controversy

• Otto Warmbier

 

[impuretrash]

IM2 pretending he gives a damn about US foreign policy, we all know the only thing he cares about is muh reparations.

 

[Auld Phart]

Trump is the president of his base and no one else.

The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base
Why else would he pursue so many policies in Latin America that do not serve the national interest?


By Susan E. Rice

Ms. Rice, a contributing opinion writer, was the national security adviser from 2013 to 2017.
May 5, 2019

​

Americans can be forgiven if they struggle to find any coherence in the Trump administration’s foreign policy. It zigs and zags, with senior administration officials saying one thing and President Trump contradicting them without warning the next day. It punishes our allies and coddles our adversaries; it privileges demagogy over democracy. Mr. Trump’s approach appears impulsive, improvisational and inchoate — devoid of clear purpose, values or even ideology.

Yet, upon closer examination, there is indeed a consistent logic staring us in the face. The unifying theme of Mr. Trump’s foreign policy is simply to service his domestic politics.

Mr. Trump welcomes and encourages Russia, a hostile adversary, to interfere in our elections so long as the manipulations benefit him. He discards decades of bipartisan policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to curry favor with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, and thus right-wing political support. The president follows a basic, if unorthodox, playbook: He and his party over our country.

Opinion | The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base

Ms. Rice, a contributing opinion writer, was the national security adviser from 2013 to 2017.

an excellent reason to take anything she says with a grain of salt.

 

[Erinwltr]

IM2 pretending he gives a damn about US foreign policy, we all know the only thing he cares about is muh reparations.

When do you get to speak for every one on USMB?

 

[cnm]

Trump won 30 states

Prairie has rights too, absolutely.

 

[depotoo]

Trump won 30 states

Prairie has rights too, absolutely.

If you call this prairie...

Lol

 

[cnm]

If you call this prairie...

Hmmm

Prairie | ecology | Britannica.com

Prairie, level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America.​