“We are Americans before we’re Republicans or Democrats”, Kasich said.
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And in a line that appeared directed at the Obama administration’s treatment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Kasich said: “We must stand by our friends instead of abusing them while currying favor with our enemies”.
Confronting doubts about the depth of his knowledge of world affairs, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump delivered a sober speech to a pro-Israel crowd on Monday and outlined for the first time the team of foreign policy thinkers advising his campaign. But she also said that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem would be an inflammatory act unless it took place as part of a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians and would “light a fire” in an already unstable region.
On a day that President Barack Obama held historic talks in Havana with Cuban leader Raul Castro, the billionaire broke with many others in the GOP foreign policy establishment by saying he would continue the President’s policy of normalizing relations with the former USA communist foe. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is tightening her grip on the Democratic presidential nomination but is still facing off against Bernie Sanders as more states go to the polls on Tuesday.
Later in the interview, Trump qualified his remarks saying that the US should not “decrease its role” in North Atlantic Treaty Organisation but should decrease its spending.
On Monday, he seemed to change tack.
“She’s always got problems, whether it’s Whitewater or whether it’s emails”, Trump said about Clinton.
“And we will send a clear signal that there is no daylight between America and our most reliable ally, the state of Israel”. The event is a traditional stop for United States politicians eager to demonstrate their foreign policy credentials.
Ahead of his speech, he unveiled the names of half a dozen advisors, telling The Washington Post they include Keith Kellogg, a retired US Army lieutenant general turned consultant who was chief operating officer for the US occupation of Iraq during its disastrous early months in 2003 and 2004. “Believe me”, he said to applause. “Look at those hands”, Trump said. “But I do like different opinions”. And I say: ‘Why is it that Germany’s not dealing with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on Ukraine?
He also sought to portray himself as “very different” from Clinton, knocking the former secretary of state on trade and her Middle East policy. “Why is it that other countries that are in the vicinity of Ukraine, why aren’t they dealing?” he said. But she would not say whether she would ask Obama to withdraw the pick if she becomes the Democratic nominee and had the chance as president of selecting a more progressive potential justice than Garland, who is seen by many liberals as a moderate.
A Trump supporter sucker-punched a protester, pulled him to the ground and repeatedly kicked him.
“I love the people in this room”.
Without naming him, Clinton assailed Trump for “encouraging violence” on the campaign trail, “playing coy with white supremacists, calling for 12 million immigrants to be rounded up and deported (and) demanding we turn away refugees due to their religion”. Kasich until recently had said that while he did not favor the deal, he would abide by it.
Philadelphia police said both the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Secret Service were investigating, but would provide no details.
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Her stance against Jewish settlements on land claimed by the Palestinians has been criticised by some in the pro-Israel community, but she has been received warmly by pro-Israel groups in the past.
