Trump Foreign Policy

[TGHusker]

39 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

So......to ultimately answer your question.  Can we wait till someone else is in office?

I think we have no other choice.  You are right about your assessment - we  have demonized the people and cut aid to countries that our our neighbors and in the most need of our aid.  A good prescription for China, Russia, and other bad actors to take advantage of our shortsightedness - think Cuban missile crisis # 2.  We can create the fertile soil for anti-American demonstrations by having a doofus like Trump leading the way.    Maybe the next President needs to concentrate on strengthening bonds wt our neighbors instead of with strongmen in Russia, Middle and Far East. 

If GHWB could form a council of nations to throw Iraq out of Kuwait in 1991, no reason why we can't do the same in our hemisphere in order to destroy the cartel.  But we won't accomplish that by demonizing the people and the govts of those countries.

[Nebfanatic]

I mean we can't sit around and do nothing about the cartel but a war with them would get ugly. There are people working with the cartel now in America who you could never imagine. Who would they pledge their loyalty to?

[TGHusker]

2 hours ago, Nebfanatic said:

I mean we can't sit around and do nothing about the cartel but a war with them would get ugly. There are people working with the cartel now in America who you could never imagine. Who would they pledge their loyalty to?

we know where they get their pay check from

[BigRedBuster]

I’m sure this is fake news since the Prince told Trump they didn’t do it. 
 

 

[BigRedBuster]

Gee...wouldn't it be nice if there were some type of agreed upon framework that is backed by a coalition of nations whose goal is to monitor and limit Iran's nuclear activities.

 

Wouldn't that be a great idea?

 

 

[BigRedBuster]

 

[Danny Bateman]

Lol. Turns out the Ukrainians are funny.

 

 

[Ratt Mhule]

 

This story is so messed up. 

[BigRedBuster]

 

[TGHusker]

4 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Trump is an embarrassment at the highest level.  He goes all   when he is around a dictator type and gives them praise.  Then he makes statements like the above.  His presidency can't end soon enough

 

more on the above

https://www.vox.com/world/2019/11/13/20963736/trump-turkey-erdogan

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Toward the end of the press conference, Trump discussed the US’s relationship with the Kurds. In Syria, the US for years allied with Syrian Kurdish forces, who did most of the ground fighting against ISIS. But Trump’s decision to withdraw from northeastern Syria last month effectively abandoned the Kurds to Turkish forces and their proxies. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have condemned to Trump’s abandonment of the US’s Kurdish partners, and have tried to push legislation to punish Turkey.

But on Wednesday, Trump had a different, very wrong take. “We have a great relationship with the Kurds,” he began. “We’re with them now, we get along with them.”

Then he kept talking: “And, by the way, I think the president [Erdoğan], he may have some factions within the Kurds, but I think the president has a great relationship with the Kurds,” Trump continued. “Many Kurds live currently in Turkey, and they’re happy and they’re taken care of.”

This is an astounding claim: Erdoğan considered the Kurdish presence across the border as an existential threat, as he sees some of the Syrian Kurds as maintaining ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an insurgent group in Turkey that’s waged a decades-long war against the Turkish state.

But Erdoğan basically considers all Kurds in Syria terrorists; his invasion has created a humanitarian crisis as thousands of civilians fled the fighting. Kurds have also historically faced discrimination in Turkey, and Erdoğan is actively cracking down on Kurdish groups, alleging that catch-all “terrorist” link.

Trump has repeated Erdoğan’s talking points, calling Kurdish forces as “no angels” last month. But Trump’s claim that the Turkish president has a “great” relationship with the Kurds is both absurd and dangerous — and it gives Erdoğan cover to wage his campaign in northeastern Syria with impunity.

Trump sent a letter to Erdoğan on October 9 threatening him not to invade Syria, even though Trump was already pulling back US troops. “Don’t be a tough guy! Don’t be a fool!” Trump wrote in the bizarre note. Erdoğan told reporters Wednesday that he returned the letter to Trump during his visit (though previous reporting said he’d thrown it out). But either way, Erdoğan ignored Trump’s directive. And it makes sense why — the Turkish leader seems to have no problem getting exactly what he wants from President Trump.

 

 

[commando]

6 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

much like hitler and his jewish friends?

[Ulty]

6 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

 

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[BigRedBuster]

I guess we are negotiating with terrorists now. 
 

 

 

[BigRedBuster]