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.
Some body please find the “Not this Sh*t again!” gif and post it. Please!
Are we in hens' teeth, or is it unicorn territory on this one?
“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
Surely this is a lie.
It never makes sense.
Trump us a globalist elite, even being a friend and business partner of the biggest one of all, George Soros.
Cruz is married to one
I stopped taking Loudon seriously when he deliberately misquoted Heidi Cruz’s CFR statement, removing the first sentence from the paragraph which states her agreement with the CFR’s goals and recommendations.
As for Trump and Hass, Haas himself says he is not a member of the Trump campaign. Yeah, Trump responded that he had worked with Haas, advising him, which was true. But Trump does not have any of these people working for him. On the other hand, Cruz has several Neo-Cons and CFR folks on the payroll, including one of his foreign policy advisers.
So what?
Some body please find the “Not this Sh*t again!” gif and post it. Please!
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Why?
Can you expand on your comment?
Was the article untruthful?
You can’t say it was uninteresting. I read every word.
I thought you enjoyed listening to Trump speak.
Roger Stone, former advisor to Bob Dole & Al Sharpton, president of Arlen Specter's 96 bid for president
Michael Cohen, worked on Michael Dukakis 88 campaign
Cory Lewandowski, worked in the RNC, and at Koch Bros Americans for Prosperity
Michael Glassier, former Bob Dole advisor
Katrina Pierson, one time Obama supporter & shoplifter
Critics of Cruz automatically are supporters of Trump. “Thinking people” know this. /s
Don’t make the mistake of confusing Trumpeters with facts.
Ted’s wife helped author a CFR report in the early 2000s.
Does this mean Heidi’s a viper?
This is a damage control hit piece to counter the fact Cruz is being exposed as a Globalist. Its called deflection.
Cruz is a Globalist not a conservative. Like the other Ivy League lawyers in office he creates theatrics for the gullible based on market research on what buttons to push. We have been down this same road many times with others.
What every voter needs to know about Cruz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXcYCwaBKnQ&app=desktop
No conservative promotes a Globalist agenda such as helping Draft Bush’s NAFTA, Pushing TPP and TSA, voting yes on the Corker bill and the Patriot Act, blocking America from policing currency manipulation from the global market, siding with BLM protestors against cops, handing out gift baskets to illegals at the border, etc.
I support America first.
“Trump us a globalist elite, even being a friend and business partner of the biggest one of all, George Soros.”
Yea but he’s not a conservative so he gets a pass along
with Hillary and Sanders. Only conservatives are held
accountable. Whether the accusations are fictitious or not.
I’d still vote for him though. He will either be a great
president or he will suck and not get anything done. And
that would be better than Hillary.
Another Wile E. Coyote Trump Frustration Award entry - and a stupid one at that.
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