Pure Buchananism, as far as it goes.
Without a transcript it looks like more bombast and less actual meat than we have had before.
Trump calls American foreign policy under Obama 'a disaster'
And so of course it must be, and his blackshirted legions will cheer and believe.
Donald Trump's foreign policy: 'America first'
Trump opened his speech Wednesday vowing to "shake the rust off America's foreign policy" and said he would outline a vision for a U.S. foreign policy "that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy and chaos with peace."
He added, "My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people and American security first."
Speaking at the Mayflower Hotel as part of his campaign's efforts to cast him as a more presidential figure and appeal to Republican Party elites., he opened the speech with measured tones and relied on prepared remarks in place of the off-the-cuff style he often deploys on the campaign trail.
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He panned the Iran nuclear deal, a centerpiece of Obama's foreign policy, and claimed the President has "weakened our military by weakening our economy."
And he sought to wrap former secretary of state Clinton in his criticism of the Obama administration, referring to the "legacy of the Obama-Clinton interventions" as one of "weakness, confusion and disarray."
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And he laid out stringent circumstances under which he would deploy U.S. troops into combat.
"I will not send our finest into battle unless necessary -- and I mean absolutely necessary," Trump said. "And I will do so only if we have a plan for victory with a capital V."
A subtle signal he is reneging on our treaty commitments and security agreements to NATO, Korea, Japan, and others?
Apparently, no more overt suggestions of abandoning these alliances or our commitment to non-proliferation.
The man is an expert at staying in the headlines by saying as little of substance as possible.
The best account of what he actually said that I have seen so far.
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