Posted on 04/10/2016 1:27:37 PM PDT by Shery
Richard Haass, Head of Council on Foreign Relations via targetliberty.com Richard Haass, Head of Council on Foreign Relations via targetliberty.com Many Trump enthusiasts cite Heidi Cruz’s stint with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where she advocated for the private sector, as an indication that presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz is a “globalist.” If Heidi Cruz’s connection to the CFR makes Ted Cruz a globalist (despite Cruz’s extensive record of aggressively defending U.S. sovereignty), any thinking Trump supporter would also want to take into account presidential candidate Donald Trump’s repeated and vocal admiration for CFR President Richard Haass.
During the GOP debate in Detroit on March 3, Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked Donald Trump for “two or three names” of people he trusts for national security. Trump responded with three names, one of whom was Richard Haass, who Trump referred to as “excellent.”
This is the relevant portion of the exchange:
BAIER: Mr. Trump, you’ve repeatedly deflected calls for specific national security or defense policy plans with the claim that you’ll ask the best people when you become president, and take their advice.
So who are the best people? Can you reveal two or three names that you trust for national security?
TRUMP: I think [Council on Foreign Relations President] Richard Haass is excellent. I have a lot of respect for him. I think General Keane is excellent. I think that there are — I like Colonel Jacobs very much. I see him. I know him. I have many people that I think are really excellent but in the end it’s going to be my decision. [emphasis added]
Additionally, The New York Times reported that Donald Trump personally met with Richard Haass in August of 2015. Haas “offered to hold briefings with all candidates from both parties, and that so far Senator Marco Rubio, Jim Webb, Hillary Clinton, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and Jeb Bush had made appearances at the Council on Foreign Relations.”
Ted Cruz is noticeably absent from the list, perhaps because then-Senatorial candidate Ted Cruz alienated CFR in 2011 by referring to the Council on Foreign Relations as “a pernicious nest of snakes” that is “working to undermine our sovereignty,” earning him a rebuke from CFR Vice President Lisa Shields as reported at Politico at the time:
“The candidate’s assertion that CFR is working to undermine U.S. sovereignty is factually wrong. The accusation is ludicrous…CFR is a membership organization for American citizens that works to promote a better understanding of American foreign policy and of the United States’ role in the world. Implicit in CFR’s mission is the principle that the United States is indisputably a sovereign nation.” – CFR Vice President Lisa Shields
On the other hand, Donald Trump’s admiration for CFR President Richard Haass was so blatant that NPR mocked Trump for implying that Richard Haass was a member of Trump’s foreign policy team.
See this excerpt:
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
Take foreign policy. The Trump campaign has yet to release the name of a single foreign policy adviser. Asked on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” who he talked with about foreign policy, Donald Trump had this to say yesterday.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, “MORNING JOE”)
DONALD TRUMP: I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain, and I’ve said a lot of things.
KELLY: Donald Trump has thrown out the occasional name, though. Here he is with Mika Brzezinski on “Morning Joe” a couple of weeks ago.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, “MORNING JOE”)
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Who do you respect on foreign policy? Who do you turn to? Who do you think is a great name?
TRUMP: Well, I respect Richard Haass, who’s on your show a lot. And I like him a lot.
KELLY: Well, Richard Haass is on the line with us now. He is president of the Council on Foreign Relations. Good morning.
RICHARD HAASS: Good morning.
KELLY: I have to start by asking you, did you know you were on the Trump foreign policy team?
HAASS: Well, I’m not on the Trump foreign policy team. What I do, or at least offer to do, is brief all the candidates – Democratic and Republican alike. It’s consistent with our mission as being a nonpartisan resource here at the Council on Foreign Relations.
And this time around, I’ve probably briefed a half-dozen or so of the candidates, from Hillary Clinton to Jeb Bush to John Kasich to Chris Christie and others. And one of the people I briefed – I think it was about six months ago – was Donald Trump.
KELLY: Right, back in August. Where did you two meet?
HAASS: We met in his office on Fifth Avenue.
KELLY: And what areas was he interested in?
HAASS: I’m not real comfortable going into the details of briefings. There’s a part of the deal with all of the people is that it’s private and off the record.
Oh wow, so what is the report about then, if I'm wrong? Here, let me help you:
"Lay the groundwork for the freer flow of people within North America. The three governments should commit themselves to the long-term goal of dramatically diminishing the need for the current intensity of the governments’ physical control of cross-border traffic, travel, and trade within North America. A long-term goal for a North American border action plan should be joint screening of travelers from third countries at their first point of entry into North America and the elimination of most controls over the temporary movement of these travelers within North America.” .. A long-term goal should be to create a ‘‘North American preference’’—new rules that would make it much easier for employees to move and for employers to recruit across national boundaries within the continent. This would enhance North American competitiveness, increase productivity, contribute to Mexico’s development, and address one of the main outstanding issues on the Mexican-U.S. bilateral agenda.
Canada and the United States should consider eliminating restrictions on labor mobility altogether and work toward solutions that, in the long run, could enable the extension of full labor mobility to Mexico as well."
“The three countries should develop a secure North American Border Pass with biometric identifiers. This document would allow its bearers expedited passage through customs, immigration, and airport security throughout the region.” The Task Force recommends the following North American regional political institutions be established:
An annual North American summit meeting.
A North American Advisory Council.
A North American Inter-Parliamentary Group to meet every other year.
No, she was an integral part of it, and the paragraph she offered was the only thing she felt needed clarification:
http://www.cfr.org/canada/building-north-american-community/p8102
Click on the Download Now button on the left for the free PDF version.
Heidi’s clarifying comment is in the back.
“Trump . . . a friend and business partner of the biggest one of all, George Soros”
That’s why Soros is paying people to disrupt Trump’s rallies? /sarc
How could he resist? LoL!
“Thought you Establishment globalists got Sunday’s off...”
Just more of your bunk and BS. Nobody believes you anyway.
I just wanted to point that out to you. Bye.
this is old news - anything about Cruz is trash and a lie, but, by God, the Cruzbots believe anything and everything negative about Trump. Talk about LIV - they take the cake.
None of that matters because trump trump trump trump trump.
However, some of it I definitely do not agree with.
Consequently I will not be supporting Heidi Cruz for president.
Wow, you really are either a liar or a complete moron. Even your own candidate, lying to us that his wife was a "dissident" "conservative" voice, isn't stupid enough to claim the agenda of the CFR is "innocuous economic happy talk."
You're good for a smile.
Try to imagine what it's like talking to a deceptive, retarded Cruzer pretending he's read the CFR report, then reveals he didn't read it, then accuses you of not reading it, then claims he went through it and discovered it was mostly "innocuous," while his own candidate is calling the CFR's purpose Satantic. Then you will understand my frustration and rage at these scumbag, lying Cruzers with no morals.
Seriously.
Or start playing video games instead. World of Warcraft or something.
I understand it can be therapeutic.
Just like how, with your filthy, lying nature, you projected on me your own ignorance of the CFR report, I think you are also projecting on me your own diseased mind.
Nerd.
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