Mr Trump also pledged to end “our current strategy of nation-building and regime change” – a criticism that extends to policies of both parties.
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Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, made the call in response to Mr. Trump’s plans to require stricter tests for naturalization, as part of his foreign policy plans.
“We will also engage in the ideological fight, speaking with clarity about the threat of Radical Islam, which openly advocates for the oppression of women, gays, Christians, Jews and nonbelievers, etc”, an outline of his campaign’s plan says. “Very important – some don’t share this goal”.
“Mr. Trump’s speech will explain that while we can’t choose our friends, we must always recognize our enemies”, Trump policy adviser Stephen Miller said.
Prior to Obama’s coming to office in 2009, Trump said, “Libya was stable, Syria was under control, Egypt was ruled by a secular president and ally to the U.S., Iraq was experiencing a decrease in violence and Iran was being choked off by economic sanctions”. If elected, Trump says he plays to implement “extreme vetting” for immigration candidates and would temporarily suspend immigration from and stop issuing visas to “dangerous and volatile nations” until adequate screening is possible. But he did advocate a new ideological test for newcomers, backed by what he described as “extreme vetting”.
Trump’s call Monday for “extreme vetting” of immigrants seeking admission to the United States included a vow to block those who sympathize with extremist groups or don’t embrace American values. “Our country has enough problems”.
But the most striking new aspect of the speech was likely to be draconian proposals to try to test the ideological persuasions of those entering the US.
The test would also be used to “screen out any who have hostile attitudes toward our country or its principles or believe that Sharia law should supplant American law”.
Among the traits that Trump would screen for are those who have “hostile attitudes” toward the USA, those who believe “Sharia law should supplant American law”, people who “don’t believe in our Constitution or who support bigotry and hatred”.
Trump did not explicitly back down from his December proposal, still on his campaign website, for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on”.
In order to implement his proposed procedures, he said his administration would “temporarily suspend immigration” from some of the most risky countries in the world, including those “that have a history of exporting terrorism”.
He also proposed calling an worldwide conference focused on stopping the spread of radical Islam. Isis has spread across the Middle East and into the west.
What’s ironic is that he also mentioned a new type of “foreign policy realism”, that could overlook allies’ acts of aggression, internal policies and human rights track record, in order to cooperate in the anti-ISIS campaign.
A Trump Administration, he said, will also work very closely with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on this new mission.
“I had a friend who left to go to London yesterday and he was afraid, afraid to go to London”, said Giuliani.
But other Republicans have argued that they can not change tack now. Wouldn’t that be a good thing?
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Trump continues to recklessly repeat false claims about the founding of ISIS, while threatening our worldwide alliances and reportedly even questioning why we do not use nuclear weapons.
