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Donald J. Trump Foreign Policy Speech
donaldjtrump.com ^ | April 27, 2016 | Donald J Trump

Posted on 04/27/2016 10:58:55 AM PDT by dynoman

Donald J. Trump Foreign Policy Speech

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at donaldjtrump.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Politics/Elections; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; 2016issues; cftni; election2016; israel; newyork; presidentdonaldtrump; repositorytrump; trump; trumpforeignpolicy; waronterror
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To: MinuteGal

Let’s hope everyone that watches the talking heads on TV trying to pick apart his speech thinks “tightly clenched anus”.


101 posted on 04/27/2016 1:11:07 PM PDT by Nacho Bidnith (America is a country founded by geniuses and run by idiots. Trump 2016)
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To: oldschoolwargamer

No offense but you haven’t been paying attention. Clueless.


102 posted on 04/27/2016 1:13:34 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: thoughtomator

I wish I still had “broad” appeal.


103 posted on 04/27/2016 1:14:10 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: hoosiermama

He seemed to ad lib a bunch, then went off the teleprompter at one point and spoke from the heart.


104 posted on 04/27/2016 1:15:40 PM PDT by petercooper (All the world's problems are caused by the sandrats, hoodrats, gimmedats, democrats and commiecrats.)
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To: nclaurel
If you say so.

You know it's perfectly OK that Trumps used a teleprompter, it didn't diminish him, didn't take his shine away, didn't make him look stupid or dumb... ...

If anything, it's a very positive thing since when making such an important speech, you don't want to screw up...and look foolish...

105 posted on 04/27/2016 1:20:21 PM PDT by Popman
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To: catnipman

Trump is a deductive thinker - he begins with the goal and works back from there - no wasted motion - only what contributes to the result.
— Bill Mitchell (REAL) (@mitchellvii) March 21, 2016



Guys like Cruz are inductive thinkers. They are so obsessed with the ideological front end, the actual result is an afterthought.
— Bill Mitchell (REAL) (@mitchellvii) March 21, 2016




106 posted on 04/27/2016 1:22:15 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: catnipman
BTTT

You are exactly correct. Trump did a masterful job and he went for Obama’s/Hillary's jugulars. Trump is going to get into Obama’s head. Hillary, beware, you will rue the day you thought Trump would be an easy mark.

107 posted on 04/27/2016 1:23:12 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: dynoman

108 posted on 04/27/2016 1:23:37 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: DoodleDawg

“The problem now is that as Trump speaks off the cuff at upcoming rallies and interviews he’s bound to contradict what he said in the speech on one point or another. “

Bullshit. Trump’s foreign policy speech contained nothing that he hasn’t already said a hundred times before, so there’s no reason whatsoever for him to contradict himself.


109 posted on 04/27/2016 1:25:33 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: dynoman
Anyone thinking they can do dirty deeds in the corner or defy the will of the people better take notice. Those days are over.

Not really...

You might want to ask those democrats in extremely safe districts where badmouthing, demonizing a republican president (Trump), our military, our soldiers, our country is second nature to them...

Trump can't shut them up...

110 posted on 04/27/2016 1:26:14 PM PDT by Popman
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To: Popman

He’ll render them irrelevant. To a great extent he already has.


111 posted on 04/27/2016 1:27:21 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: hoosiermama

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3425208/posts


112 posted on 04/27/2016 1:27:43 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: dynoman

Only a year? Everything in Trump’s speech I’ve been saying the past 7 yrs. When Trump talks about defending Western Civilization and defeating radical Islam, I know he is the real deal.


113 posted on 04/27/2016 1:28:37 PM PDT by Rebel Egg
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To: dynoman
'The one I like was this; If president Obama’s goal was to weaken America he could not have done a better job”.'

I caught that, too. I think he was hinting at the fact he believes that Obama is intentionally weakening America without saying it outright. I couldn't agree more.

I have generally been a Cruz supporter all along, though I was never opposed to Trump and have never understood why some feared that he was going to become the next Hitler or something equally crazy. If you just watched his one-on-one interviews, instead of focusing solely on his rally persona, it was obvious that he truly believes what he is saying and is genuinely concerned for the future of the country.

The events of the past few weeks have completely soured my opinion of Cruz. He is clearly now willing to do anything necessary to win, putting his personal ambition above the greater good. He's also making some extraordinarily dumb campaign decisions, causing me to question how smart he really is.

Add one more very enthusiastic rider on the Trump train!

114 posted on 04/27/2016 1:32:25 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: KnightCrusader
It was a superb speech. After the past two weeks of blowout primary wins and now this lucid, sober, and inspiring view of the world and America's proper role in it, it's hard to see how anyone can say that Trump isn't the Republican nominee-in-waiting and likely President-in-waiting.

It's time for Cruz and Kasich to concede and start working towards party unity behind Trump for the general election.

115 posted on 04/27/2016 1:34:57 PM PDT by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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To: hoosiermama

Just saw some “expert” on CNN. He said the speech was incoherent, contradictory, and the product of a narcissistic personality. Truly! To their credit, they did have someone else on that was at least partially supportive.


116 posted on 04/27/2016 1:35:03 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump: It's all over but the counting)
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To: central_va

None taken, but I certainly have been paying attention. What I observed for the bulk of this primary season from Trump has been an amateurish operation and a lot of bluster about building walls, asking our military to violate the Geneva convention, and whining about well established rules for delegate allocation. Not exactly presidential material.

This speech represents a step in the right direction. If he continues down this path, he may be competitive in the general. If not, we will have Trump to thank when President Hillary Clinton is naming the next few Supreme Court justices.


117 posted on 04/27/2016 1:35:47 PM PDT by oldschoolwargamer
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To: oldschoolwargamer

He better talk about building walls or he is toast. This is the main issue and key position that brought in all the early support. It is critical.


118 posted on 04/27/2016 1:39:39 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: dynoman

——He’ll render them irrelevant. To a great extent he already has.——

There is a very good chance the GOP will lose the majority in the Senate....

That makes Chuckie Scumbag majority leader...

I don’t think Trump will make him irrelevant....

You guys have rose colored glasses....


119 posted on 04/27/2016 1:41:07 PM PDT by Popman
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To: Popman
"There is a very good chance the GOP will lose the majority in the Senate...That makes Chuckie Scumbag majority leader..."

That is the Turtles fault. And along the way the last couple of years a couple of DNC fossils passed on and he had no action plan to snag those seats, ditto that Menendez and his fantasy island problems.

Their was a 3 seat margin he could have had. Useless as teets on a bull he is...

120 posted on 04/27/2016 1:54:56 PM PDT by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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