TRANSCRIPT: Trump Foreign Policy Speech

[Toro]

When reading Trump's speech, make sure you mispronounce all the foreign sounding places.

 

[candycorn]

Let me say, I have never been excited about Donald Trump as president. I was looking to find something to disagree with in this speech. However, not only did he address all the issues regarding foreign policy that I wanted to hear about, it turns out that Trump's foriegn policy appears to be in line with mine.

you must be in the ron paul camp like me.

Big fan of Ron Paul

Me too.

This is why Trump is of interest to us, but I can't help but think he too may turn out to be a disaster. That said, I think those of us objective and knowledgeable, KNOW Hillary will be a disaster...IMO she just might get us into WWIII.

So...it is the lesser of two evils again.

Key word is you THINK

This is how I feel about it. We know what we'll get with the others (Clinton, Cruz, Kasich). Status quo and more of the same. They're all the same pretty much the same, yes they have their differences, but at the end of the day they'll get in office and continue kicking the can down the road. We cannot afford that shit anymore. Trump on the other hand has every intention of getting in office and actually doing something. Not just paying lip service. Some are going to say that he can't just do things willy nilly and needs to work with Congress, which is 100% correct.

So how will he get things done? If you have been paying any attention to him at all, he's been showing us all along. Trump gives ZERO fucks about either party, donors, lobbyists, special interests etc etc. I think you'd agree with that? I mean saying the Bush Admin may have lied about 9/11 is something only a Republican with basketball sized huevos would say, not too mention these 2 quotes from his speech yesterday: "Our goal is peace and prosperity, not war and destruction" "We will no longer surrender this country, or its people, to the false song of globalism." Did he just say NO to globalism?!!! Thats YUGE......took a giant set of balls to say that. Bravo Trump. A Republican talking about peace and prosperity over war? WTF?! See the pattern here? His message is about America first. Of course the RWNJ's will pervert that message and call him an isolationist and the liberals will compare it to Hitler.

So back on point on how he will get things done. The paragraph above is a huge clue. Trump would NOT side with his party on an issue(s) if it didn't benefit America and it's people. He'd want the best solution to the problems we as a nation face no matter what side of the isle it came from. He owes no one (donors/lobbyists,special interests etc) ANYTHING, so his solutions will be rooted in whats best for America/Americans. That makes him 'dangerous' in Washington. I can see him negotiating with both parties for the best possible solution and if neither party is willing to compromise he'd more than likely call them BOTH out for failing to come to a viable solution. There'd be no pointing at the guys across the isle anymore. He'll hold EVERYONE accountable.

In closing this is what I believe we need. A President beholden to no one but the American people...period. Trump is that person. He's proven it time and time again.

Proven it? Really? The only thing you've listed is what you think he'll do.

Earlier it was this:

Trump also touched on his strategy to defeat ISIS, explaining that he would “take the oil” and “knock the hell out of them.”

Trump on Defeating ISIS: 'Take the Oil, Knock the Hell Out of Them'

And:

Trump: I would 'bomb the hell' out of Iraqi oil fields

cnn.com

Now our priorities are "peace and prosperity"? He doesn't have a clue of what he would do and neither do you.

As for his foreign policy chops, his assertion that ISIS is selling Lybian oil was meat with giggles from people who are experts in it.

I guess you'll chalk this up to media bias and "establishment" dismissal???

How anyone can support this joke of a man this late in the game is a mystery political scientist will be working on for many years.

 

[charwin95]

Fareed Zakaria Slams Trump Foreign Policy Speech: ‘Rambling,’ ‘Truly Bizarre’

 

[Toro]

Fareed Zakaria Slams Trump Foreign Policy Speech: ‘Rambling,’ ‘Truly Bizarre’

It's not bizarre to anyone who thinks Obama was born in Kenya.

 

[gipper]

That anyone who remotely has any idea of the military doctrine, it's capabilities, and it's place in the foreign policy has roundly had a hearty chuckle at Drumpf's ill-fated attempt to sound intelligent on the subject is one thing.

I wonder if we will have a mass resignation of senior military commanders if Drumpf were to get into office?

Well unfortunately our choices are limited...and your beloved Hillary will take us into WWIII...so it will have to be Trump.

 

[Never3ndr]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

It is interesting that he addresses, several times, how world opinion of America is waning (which I do not disagree with), however, he seemingly ignores that the majority of the world (outside of Russia) sees him as an exceptionally large threat and as a symbol of how far America has fallen. Trump and his supporters' inability to look outside of their biased news sources and have a realistic view of the world is astounding and, if I lived in a different country, would be humorous to the point of comedy. Being an American, it is just sad to the point of tragedy though.

 

[eagle1462010]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

It is interesting that he addresses, several times, how world opinion of America is waning (which I do not disagree with), however, he seemingly ignores that the majority of the world (outside of Russia) sees him as an exceptionally large threat and as a symbol of how far America has fallen. Trump and his supporters' inability to look outside of their biased news sources and have a realistic view of the world is astounding and, if I lived in a different country, would be humorous to the point of comedy. Being an American, it is just sad to the point of tragedy though.

Obama has made us a laughing stock of the world. Europe is in chaos for their fucked up position of allowing the refugees to flood their countries.

Europe has also FAILED miserably in maintaining THEIR OWN DEFENSE by spending at least 2% of their GDP on maintaining a military. They have become too used to having the United States take care of their defense by maintaining the strongest military in the world..............Making us their police force while they spend all their money on Social Welfare states that are now crumbling under debt in many places.

Under Obama he makes threats and red lines and the enemy laughs at us.............Capitulates to Iran in the worst freaking deal in a very long time...........instead of hard noses deals with someone willing to back it up should it become necessary..............In Syria...........we armed the fucking enemies over a policy to overthrow Assad and guaranteed a drawn out War..........and more death.........then say we are there to help............

Policy failure in Yemen...........Obama said how great it was there.............we were thrown out.
Policy and military failure in Libya.............as Rebel groups hold our old embassies there......
Iran laughing at us.........
Egypt ditched us because he wanted the Muslim Brotherhood to be part of the process............and they rightfully told Obama to go to hell.
Israel doesn't trust us...............because Obama has openly ditched us..........
And Turkey has been killing the Kurds that we have made alliances with...........

We don't have a Commander N Chief anymore..........we have a community organizer who couldn't pour pee out of the boot with the instructions written on the heel.

 

[Never3ndr]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

It is interesting that he addresses, several times, how world opinion of America is waning (which I do not disagree with), however, he seemingly ignores that the majority of the world (outside of Russia) sees him as an exceptionally large threat and as a symbol of how far America has fallen. Trump and his supporters' inability to look outside of their biased news sources and have a realistic view of the world is astounding and, if I lived in a different country, would be humorous to the point of comedy. Being an American, it is just sad to the point of tragedy though.

Obama has made us a laughing stock of the world. Europe is in chaos for their fucked up position of allowing the refugees to flood their countries.

Europe has also FAILED miserably in maintaining THEIR OWN DEFENSE by spending at least 2% of their GDP on maintaining a military. They have become too used to having the United States take care of their defense by maintaining the strongest military in the world..............Making us their police force while they spend all their money on Social Welfare states that are now crumbling under debt in many places.

Under Obama he makes threats and red lines and the enemy laughs at us.............Capitulates to Iran in the worst freaking deal in a very long time...........instead of hard noses deals with someone willing to back it up should it become necessary..............In Syria...........we armed the fucking enemies over a policy to overthrow Assad and guaranteed a drawn out War..........and more death.........then say we are there to help............

Policy failure in Yemen...........Obama said how great it was there.............we were thrown out.
Policy and military failure in Libya.............as Rebel groups hold our old embassies there......
Iran laughing at us.........
Egypt ditched us because he wanted the Muslim Brotherhood to be part of the process............and they rightfully told Obama to go to hell.
Israel doesn't trust us...............because Obama has openly ditched us..........
And Turkey has been killing the Kurds that we have made alliances with...........

We don't have a Commander N Chief anymore..........we have a community organizer who couldn't pour pee out of the boot with the instructions written on the heel.

You must be a young buck. Let me clue you in, world opinion on America started to decline in 2003, when Bush forced us into Iraq. Ever since then we went from being the world's golden child to being looked upon as somewhat of a bully.

Now, I'm not going to sit here and say Obama has really done a lot to help us out. I mean just look at his Sec of State...Clinton and then Kerry. Yeah, that is a joke...a bad one. So, while I would say we haven't declined much in world opinion compared to Bush's atrocity, we also haven't really garnered much positive opinion either. With that said, again, just read international news, the only country right now that really looks upon Trump favorably is Russia. Everybody else thinks he's an absurdity and representative of the decadence that this nation has fallen into. I'd hazard to agree with them. Trump, by himself, isn't really a big issue. The fact that so many idiots buy into him, however, is a very large worry. America has indeed fallen into hard times when people are so transparently ignorant.

 

[eagle1462010]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

It is interesting that he addresses, several times, how world opinion of America is waning (which I do not disagree with), however, he seemingly ignores that the majority of the world (outside of Russia) sees him as an exceptionally large threat and as a symbol of how far America has fallen. Trump and his supporters' inability to look outside of their biased news sources and have a realistic view of the world is astounding and, if I lived in a different country, would be humorous to the point of comedy. Being an American, it is just sad to the point of tragedy though.

Obama has made us a laughing stock of the world. Europe is in chaos for their fucked up position of allowing the refugees to flood their countries.

Europe has also FAILED miserably in maintaining THEIR OWN DEFENSE by spending at least 2% of their GDP on maintaining a military. They have become too used to having the United States take care of their defense by maintaining the strongest military in the world..............Making us their police force while they spend all their money on Social Welfare states that are now crumbling under debt in many places.

Under Obama he makes threats and red lines and the enemy laughs at us.............Capitulates to Iran in the worst freaking deal in a very long time...........instead of hard noses deals with someone willing to back it up should it become necessary..............In Syria...........we armed the fucking enemies over a policy to overthrow Assad and guaranteed a drawn out War..........and more death.........then say we are there to help............

Policy failure in Yemen...........Obama said how great it was there.............we were thrown out.
Policy and military failure in Libya.............as Rebel groups hold our old embassies there......
Iran laughing at us.........
Egypt ditched us because he wanted the Muslim Brotherhood to be part of the process............and they rightfully told Obama to go to hell.
Israel doesn't trust us...............because Obama has openly ditched us..........
And Turkey has been killing the Kurds that we have made alliances with...........

We don't have a Commander N Chief anymore..........we have a community organizer who couldn't pour pee out of the boot with the instructions written on the heel.

You must be a young buck. Let me clue you in, world opinion on America started to decline in 2003, when Bush forced us into Iraq. Ever since then we went from being the world's golden child to being looked upon as somewhat of a bully.

Now, I'm not going to sit here and say Obama has really done a lot to help us out. I mean just look at his Sec of State...Clinton and then Kerry. Yeah, that is a joke...a bad one. So, while I would say we haven't declined much in world opinion compared to Bush's atrocity, we also haven't really garnered much positive opinion either. With that said, again, just read international news, the only country right now that really looks upon Trump favorably is Russia. Everybody else thinks he's an absurdity and representative of the decadence that this nation has fallen into. I'd hazard to agree with them. Trump, by himself, isn't really a big issue. The fact that so many idiots buy into him, however, is a very large worry. America has indeed fallen into hard times when people are so transparently ignorant.

I served under Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton..........So your young buck theory is garbage. I was there during the Cold War and recognize it's return. I was in tanker escort missions during the Iran Iraq War, and in the 1st Gulf War............I remember the Kuwaiti Mine fields as the Iranians put mines back into the water right after the sweepers cleared the shipping lanes..............................

I believe in Peace through strength..............I believe in hard nosed negotiation with these countries........and hitting them if necessary. Whether you like it or not when countries over there fear us..................they don't do as much crap because they are worried we will knock the living fuck out of them. Iran being proof as Peanut head allowed Iran to hold our people hostage for over a year............they quickly gave them up before Reagan came into office because they believed him when he said he would attack them over it..............

Bush major mistake was thinking we could change them into a peaceful Democratic Nation...............They don't want that...........they want rule by Religion and he stepped into the quick sand of the Middle East..............and never ending conflict............Yet he very nearly pulled it off, but we will never know since we withdrew and allowed the place to be overrun with Sectretarian violence....................The Shia versus Sunni conflict is ancient..........and goes on today...........and no amount of negotiations will change that mindset...............the continued conflict there is proof positive that it never ends.................

Our policy over there would be great if we were selling vacuum cleaners..............but that isn't the case.

 

[Never3ndr]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

It is interesting that he addresses, several times, how world opinion of America is waning (which I do not disagree with), however, he seemingly ignores that the majority of the world (outside of Russia) sees him as an exceptionally large threat and as a symbol of how far America has fallen. Trump and his supporters' inability to look outside of their biased news sources and have a realistic view of the world is astounding and, if I lived in a different country, would be humorous to the point of comedy. Being an American, it is just sad to the point of tragedy though.

Obama has made us a laughing stock of the world. Europe is in chaos for their fucked up position of allowing the refugees to flood their countries.

Europe has also FAILED miserably in maintaining THEIR OWN DEFENSE by spending at least 2% of their GDP on maintaining a military. They have become too used to having the United States take care of their defense by maintaining the strongest military in the world..............Making us their police force while they spend all their money on Social Welfare states that are now crumbling under debt in many places.

Under Obama he makes threats and red lines and the enemy laughs at us.............Capitulates to Iran in the worst freaking deal in a very long time...........instead of hard noses deals with someone willing to back it up should it become necessary..............In Syria...........we armed the fucking enemies over a policy to overthrow Assad and guaranteed a drawn out War..........and more death.........then say we are there to help............

Policy failure in Yemen...........Obama said how great it was there.............we were thrown out.
Policy and military failure in Libya.............as Rebel groups hold our old embassies there......
Iran laughing at us.........
Egypt ditched us because he wanted the Muslim Brotherhood to be part of the process............and they rightfully told Obama to go to hell.
Israel doesn't trust us...............because Obama has openly ditched us..........
And Turkey has been killing the Kurds that we have made alliances with...........

We don't have a Commander N Chief anymore..........we have a community organizer who couldn't pour pee out of the boot with the instructions written on the heel.

You must be a young buck. Let me clue you in, world opinion on America started to decline in 2003, when Bush forced us into Iraq. Ever since then we went from being the world's golden child to being looked upon as somewhat of a bully.

Now, I'm not going to sit here and say Obama has really done a lot to help us out. I mean just look at his Sec of State...Clinton and then Kerry. Yeah, that is a joke...a bad one. So, while I would say we haven't declined much in world opinion compared to Bush's atrocity, we also haven't really garnered much positive opinion either. With that said, again, just read international news, the only country right now that really looks upon Trump favorably is Russia. Everybody else thinks he's an absurdity and representative of the decadence that this nation has fallen into. I'd hazard to agree with them. Trump, by himself, isn't really a big issue. The fact that so many idiots buy into him, however, is a very large worry. America has indeed fallen into hard times when people are so transparently ignorant.

I served under Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton..........So your young buck theory is garbage. I was there during the Cold War and recognize it's return. I was in tanker escort missions during the Iran Iraq War, and in the 1st Gulf War............I remember the Kuwaiti Mine fields as the Iranians put mines back into the water right after the sweepers cleared the shipping lanes..............................

I believe in Peace through strength..............I believe in hard nosed negotiation with these countries........and hitting them if necessary. Whether you like it or not when countries over there fear us..................they don't do as much crap because they are worried we will knock the living fuck out of them. Iran being proof as Peanut head allowed Iran to hold our people hostage for over a year............they quickly gave them up before Reagan came into office because they believed him when he said he would attack them over it..............

Bush major mistake was thinking we could change them into a peaceful Democratic Nation...............They don't want that...........they want rule by Religion and he stepped into the quick sand of the Middle East..............and never ending conflict............Yet he very nearly pulled it off, but we will never know since we withdrew and allowed the place to be overrun with Sectretarian violence....................The Shia versus Sunni conflict is ancient..........and goes on today...........and no amount of negotiations will change that mindset...............the continued conflict there is proof positive that it never ends.................

Our policy over there would be great if we were selling vacuum cleaners..............but that isn't the case.

So the fact that you never saw actual war kinda denotes that you have an unrealistic world view. Let me speak as somebody that has been to war, twice. You don't want to be in it unless absolutely necessary. War is your last resort. I'm not saying that you shouldn't hesitate to use your last resort if it is your last resort, but "peace through strength" denotes using it as your first resort. Nice way for you to put people's asses on the line that isn't your own. Let me speak for the guys I knew who went through shit and some of which didn't come back. Stop sending us to do your work. You want peace through strength? Well buckle your ass back up, strap on your 100+ pounds of gear and fucking go fight for it. Otherwise, shut the fuck up. You aren't going to be the guy doing the fighting. "Tanker Escort" nice way of saying you are a fucking support bitch. Get your POG ass up on the front lines and do something. Asshole.

 

[eagle1462010]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

It is interesting that he addresses, several times, how world opinion of America is waning (which I do not disagree with), however, he seemingly ignores that the majority of the world (outside of Russia) sees him as an exceptionally large threat and as a symbol of how far America has fallen. Trump and his supporters' inability to look outside of their biased news sources and have a realistic view of the world is astounding and, if I lived in a different country, would be humorous to the point of comedy. Being an American, it is just sad to the point of tragedy though.

Obama has made us a laughing stock of the world. Europe is in chaos for their fucked up position of allowing the refugees to flood their countries.

Europe has also FAILED miserably in maintaining THEIR OWN DEFENSE by spending at least 2% of their GDP on maintaining a military. They have become too used to having the United States take care of their defense by maintaining the strongest military in the world..............Making us their police force while they spend all their money on Social Welfare states that are now crumbling under debt in many places.

Under Obama he makes threats and red lines and the enemy laughs at us.............Capitulates to Iran in the worst freaking deal in a very long time...........instead of hard noses deals with someone willing to back it up should it become necessary..............In Syria...........we armed the fucking enemies over a policy to overthrow Assad and guaranteed a drawn out War..........and more death.........then say we are there to help............

Policy failure in Yemen...........Obama said how great it was there.............we were thrown out.
Policy and military failure in Libya.............as Rebel groups hold our old embassies there......
Iran laughing at us.........
Egypt ditched us because he wanted the Muslim Brotherhood to be part of the process............and they rightfully told Obama to go to hell.
Israel doesn't trust us...............because Obama has openly ditched us..........
And Turkey has been killing the Kurds that we have made alliances with...........

We don't have a Commander N Chief anymore..........we have a community organizer who couldn't pour pee out of the boot with the instructions written on the heel.

You must be a young buck. Let me clue you in, world opinion on America started to decline in 2003, when Bush forced us into Iraq. Ever since then we went from being the world's golden child to being looked upon as somewhat of a bully.

Now, I'm not going to sit here and say Obama has really done a lot to help us out. I mean just look at his Sec of State...Clinton and then Kerry. Yeah, that is a joke...a bad one. So, while I would say we haven't declined much in world opinion compared to Bush's atrocity, we also haven't really garnered much positive opinion either. With that said, again, just read international news, the only country right now that really looks upon Trump favorably is Russia. Everybody else thinks he's an absurdity and representative of the decadence that this nation has fallen into. I'd hazard to agree with them. Trump, by himself, isn't really a big issue. The fact that so many idiots buy into him, however, is a very large worry. America has indeed fallen into hard times when people are so transparently ignorant.

I served under Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton..........So your young buck theory is garbage. I was there during the Cold War and recognize it's return. I was in tanker escort missions during the Iran Iraq War, and in the 1st Gulf War............I remember the Kuwaiti Mine fields as the Iranians put mines back into the water right after the sweepers cleared the shipping lanes..............................

I believe in Peace through strength..............I believe in hard nosed negotiation with these countries........and hitting them if necessary. Whether you like it or not when countries over there fear us..................they don't do as much crap because they are worried we will knock the living fuck out of them. Iran being proof as Peanut head allowed Iran to hold our people hostage for over a year............they quickly gave them up before Reagan came into office because they believed him when he said he would attack them over it..............

Bush major mistake was thinking we could change them into a peaceful Democratic Nation...............They don't want that...........they want rule by Religion and he stepped into the quick sand of the Middle East..............and never ending conflict............Yet he very nearly pulled it off, but we will never know since we withdrew and allowed the place to be overrun with Sectretarian violence....................The Shia versus Sunni conflict is ancient..........and goes on today...........and no amount of negotiations will change that mindset...............the continued conflict there is proof positive that it never ends.................

Our policy over there would be great if we were selling vacuum cleaners..............but that isn't the case.

So the fact that you never saw actual war kinda denotes that you have an unrealistic world view. Let me speak as somebody that has been to war, twice. You don't want to be in it unless absolutely necessary. War is your last resort. I'm not saying that you shouldn't hesitate to use your last resort if it is your last resort, but "peace through strength" denotes using it as your first resort. Nice way for you to put people's asses on the line that isn't your own. Let me speak for the guys I knew who went through shit and some of which didn't come back. Stop sending us to do your work. You want peace through strength? Well buckle your ass back up, strap on your 100+ pounds of gear and fucking go fight for it. Otherwise, shut the fuck up. You aren't going to be the guy doing the fighting. "Tanker Escort" nice way of saying you are a fucking support bitch. Get your POG ass up on the front lines and do something. Asshole.

Go fuck yourself bitch..................Peace through strength and power projection works....................but only if you have the balls to open fire should they challenge it.......................and prevent you from having to hump that 100 pound pack into the jungle......................

Your opinion of the Navy is noted...............and should your ass be on the ground you need that support,...............

After 9/11 I would have smoked their asses from air and sea..........and left their fucking places in rubble............I wouldn't have been there to rebuild.......I would have been there to make them understand to never fuck with us again................You wouldn't have been needed on the ground, and if you did you wouldn't stay there....................I would not give them a target to hit back at..........................

And the next asshat would think twice about challenging it.................

But you go on hating those that support ground forces..........You don't like that........go fuck yourself..........good thing we don't have these conversations in person................we might forget we are on the same side for a time now wouldn't we...........

 

[charwin95]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

It is interesting that he addresses, several times, how world opinion of America is waning (which I do not disagree with), however, he seemingly ignores that the majority of the world (outside of Russia) sees him as an exceptionally large threat and as a symbol of how far America has fallen. Trump and his supporters' inability to look outside of their biased news sources and have a realistic view of the world is astounding and, if I lived in a different country, would be humorous to the point of comedy. Being an American, it is just sad to the point of tragedy though.

Obama has made us a laughing stock of the world. Europe is in chaos for their fucked up position of allowing the refugees to flood their countries.

Europe has also FAILED miserably in maintaining THEIR OWN DEFENSE by spending at least 2% of their GDP on maintaining a military. They have become too used to having the United States take care of their defense by maintaining the strongest military in the world..............Making us their police force while they spend all their money on Social Welfare states that are now crumbling under debt in many places.

Under Obama he makes threats and red lines and the enemy laughs at us.............Capitulates to Iran in the worst freaking deal in a very long time...........instead of hard noses deals with someone willing to back it up should it become necessary..............In Syria...........we armed the fucking enemies over a policy to overthrow Assad and guaranteed a drawn out War..........and more death.........then say we are there to help............

Policy failure in Yemen...........Obama said how great it was there.............we were thrown out.
Policy and military failure in Libya.............as Rebel groups hold our old embassies there......
Iran laughing at us.........
Egypt ditched us because he wanted the Muslim Brotherhood to be part of the process............and they rightfully told Obama to go to hell.
Israel doesn't trust us...............because Obama has openly ditched us..........
And Turkey has been killing the Kurds that we have made alliances with...........

We don't have a Commander N Chief anymore..........we have a community organizer who couldn't pour pee out of the boot with the instructions written on the heel.

Bullshit...... Obama is well respected around the globe except the few countries that you support like Russia and Syria. Why do you lie?

Obama Administration Wins Approval Across the World

 

[jon_berzerk]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

thanks for posting that

 

[jon_berzerk]

he read all that shit without a teleprompter?!

impressive.

News reports and photo's indicate a teleprompter was used.

yes

however unlike the current prezbo

he does not need a teleprompter to greet

his kids at the breakfast table in the morning

--LOL

 

[Fair&Balanced]

Great speech and didn't need a teleprompter.

Actually, he DID use a teleprompter LOL

 

[Intolerant]

My Bad.

 

[Fair&Balanced]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

Long on rhetoric, short on details. Trump always evades they question on bringing jobs back, why ? When pressed on his mexican wall, he deflects, why? All he is is a pretty package, and if you really look, that's all he has ever been. Who will he sue when Putin tells him to get bent? What will he do when Apple laughs in his face and his stupid tax's just getting added to the cost of an iPhone or mac? I plan on reading it more because I really want to believe trump will do okay, but so far all we get to see is the package the product comes it. No reason why it's better then everyone else's ? All the message board slug fest aside, what (other then using a teleprompter and not saying lying ted) what makes trump so good?

What details do you want? Hey China if you do this, we'll do that? Jesus people are stupid.

 

[jon_berzerk]

I've linked the full transcript below. Below is a lead in:

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.

I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country – one that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace.

It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy. It's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold.

The direction I will outline today will also return us to a timeless principle. My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make.

America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.

But to chart our path forward, we must first briefly look back.

We have a lot to be proud of. In the 1940s we saved the world. The Greatest Generation beat back the Nazis and the Japanese Imperialists.

Then we saved the world again, this time from totalitarian Communism. The Cold War lasted for decades, but we won.

Democrats and Republicans working together got Mr. Gorbachev to heed the words of President Reagan when he said: “tear down this wall.”

History will not forget what we did......


-CONTINUE READING HERE-

Long on rhetoric, short on details. Trump always evades they question on bringing jobs back, why ? When pressed on his mexican wall, he deflects, why? All he is is a pretty package, and if you really look, that's all he has ever been. Who will he sue when Putin tells him to get bent? What will he do when Apple laughs in his face and his stupid tax's just getting added to the cost of an iPhone or mac? I plan on reading it more because I really want to believe trump will do okay, but so far all we get to see is the package the product comes it. No reason why it's better then everyone else's ? All the message board slug fest aside, what (other then using a teleprompter and not saying lying ted) what makes trump so good?

What details do you want? Hey China if you do this, we'll do that? Jesus people are stupid.

maybe they want to hear

about some lines being drawn

that we wont enforce after we draw them



--LOL

 

[frigidweirdo]

Trump has a populist foreign policy.

He wants America to be great again. Read, control the world, have another Cold War, this time with China. But he also wants peace and no wars.
He wants to defeat ISIS, but also wants to do so without wars.

What kind of a "policy" is that? Peace through bombing the shit out of people, or war without doing anything?

 

[Fair&Balanced]

I have a secret plan to defeat ISIS, I can't tell you what it is because it is a secret. I don't want ISIS to know what we will do, but they will be wiped out and fast.

You really think he should tell ISIS what he has planned, and when, and how? Come on...

I think he should give the American people an idea of what it will cost in blood and treasure.

How would he even have an idea you fool. He's not in office, so he's not receiving intelligence reports and other vital information to be able to come up with such details. Do you think that when Wal Mart hires a CEO they demand an exact detailed plan of how they intend to run the company explaining the use of every dollar, or do you think they just ask for the person's general attitude and sense of direction?

The American moron strikes again....