Paul believes Trump is getting in tune with many Americans growing tired of global government agreements, be they economic or defense-related.
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Unlike the NATO treaty, US laws appear to give presidents significant authority to renegotiate foreign trade deals without consulting Congress, trade experts said.
Johnson added the U.K.is already reassuring other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members it will uphold its commitments to the military alliance.
He was referring specifically to what he would do if one of the Baltic Republics (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) were invaded by Russian Federation.
When asked about defending the security of countries such as Estonia, Gingrich said that he’s not sure the US should “risk a nuclear war over some place which is the suburbs of St. Petersburg”. And count on us fulfilling our obligations?
“Regardless of who will be the president of America, we will trust in America”, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite told reporters in Vilnius. A few things we won’t tolerate: personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity (including expletives and letters followed by dashes), commercial promotion, impersonations, incoherence, proselytizing and SHOUTING.
This nation has endured eight years of a president “leading from behind” in foreign policy. He said that the United States action would depend on whether or not the country “fulfilled their obligations to us”.
In Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance agreement was crystal clear: “We defend each other”.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that he will not interfere in the United States election campaign, but added that solidarity among allies was a key value. “I’m anxious about the world’s future, about Poland’s future”, said 39-year-old schoolteacher Lidia Zagorowska.
Sullivan noted that Trump has a “bizarre and occasionally obsequious fascination” when it comes to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Recall that in April, Russian jets came within 30 feet of a U.S. Navy destroyer during a fly-by in the Baltic Sea. Worldwide allies of the United States received the message with much apprehension. He added, “I would not want to comment on the obligations of other countries to the United States”.
“If Mr. Trump is serious about wanting to be commander-in-chief he needs to better understand the job which is to provide leadership for the United States and the free world”, Graham continued, also calling for Trump to “correct” his statements during his prime-time address Thursday evening.
“More important is the net benefit the US derives from the stability and security of the country and region affected and the price the USA would pay if stability were to be lost or its interests undermined”, Haass told Reuters. “We defend each other”.
Just talked to GOP congressman who said most under-covered story of convention is how Trump aides changed GOP platform to be more pro-Putin.
“Trump as president would have an enormous amount of discretion”, said Barry Bosworth, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former White House staffer.
Paul said Cruz was pursuing his own “self interest”, like all politicians, when he refused to endorse Trump in a speech at the Republican National Convention, in which he was almost booed off stage.
“I don’t think we have a right to lecture,”, Trump was quoted as saying. Ben Sasse on Thursday issued a statement declaring that “Americans keep our word”.
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“America first will be the overriding theme of my administration”, Trump said in his remarks at Washington’s Mayflower hotel, delivered from a prepared text and in a subdued fashion starkly at odds with the free-wheeling rhetorical style that has powered his political rise on the campaign trail.
