Trump’s foreign policy address

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump gave a major foreign policy address.  OUT:  nation building; military interventions; protecting other countries at our expense; globalism; international trade agreements.  IN:  our relationship with Russia; Americans’ economic interests.

Sound pretty good?  Or not?

From Jill Colvin and Julie Pace, : Trump Vows to “Put America First” in Foreign Policy (AP):

In a rare formal policy speech, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to put American security “above all else” if elected president, warning allies they would be left to defend themselves if they don’t “pay their fair share.” He also called for an easing of tensions with Russia “from a position of strength, only.”

“‘America first’ will be the major and overriding theme of my administration,” Trump said in a 38-minute address at a Washington hotel. . . .

“We must, as a nation, be more unpredictable,” Trump said. The businessman read his remarks off a teleprompter, a notable change for a candidate who typically speaks off the cuff and has mocked his rivals for giving prepared speeches. . . .

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See also this from Fox News:

Donald Trump, in a highly anticipated speech on the heels of his primary-contest sweep across the Northeast, called Wednesday for a drastic shake-up in America’s foreign policy – including “getting out of the nation-building business” and demanding NATO allies pay their “fair share” or be left to “defend themselves.”

“It’s time to shake the rust off America’s foreign policy,” the Republican presidential front-runner said.

In what was billed as a major policy speech, Trump called for an “America first” approach. To that theme, Trump voiced skepticism toward international deals like NAFTA and said a Trump administration would not allow the U.S. to enter agreements that reduce America’s ability to control its own affairs. He panned what he described as the “false song of globalism.”