Donald Trump had an interview with Meredith Viera on the Today show. Unlike other potentialRepublican Presidential candidates who speak in stale talking points and get intimidated by the press. Trump in contrast can actually answer questions and speak bluntly . When questioned about Obama’s birth certificate, he makes no bones about how he feels. Personally I’m not into the birth certificate issue, but why is Obama’s past not known? That is what Trump is trying to point.
Donald Trump also rejects the bi-partisan Wilsonian ideology of military intervention and democracy spreading. The US has gained nothing out of the Iraq war. We spent 1 Trillion dollars, lost 4,000 men and more than 10,000 wounded. China and France won the oil contracts in Iraq. Iran has created a de facto puppet state there as well. Iraq is now an Islamic Sharia law state. Trump believes that if the US goes to war, it should be to economically benefit the nation by seizing resources.
“I’m only interested in Libya if we keep the oil. If we don’t keep the oil, I’m not interested,” Trump said. “I don’t know who the rebels are. You know, they make the rebels like it’s some romantic, beautiful novel, ‘The Rebels.’ I hear the rebels are al-Qaida. I hear they’re Iran-backed and Iran-influenced. Where are they getting those weapons before we came along? From Iran.”
A Trump foreign policy, he said, would focus exclusively on America’s self-interest, and it would be the same philosophy he has used in his business career. “Foreign affairs [means] we take care of ourselves first, OK? We don’t build the schools in Afghanistan. We go to Afghanistan, we build a road, we build a school. Two days later, they blow up the road, they blow up the school. We start building the road and the school again,” he said. “In the meantime, we can’t build schools in Alabama, in New Orleans, in Texas, in New York … We’re spending trillions and trillions of dollars. My thing and my doctrine would be build, build, build.”
Donald Trump is right, America should be out for itself. The days of allies leaching off us to defend them while they are rich would be over. China would be put in its place economically and would have to play by the rules. The Islamic nations will no longer be appeasedand will deal with someone who can’t be bought. This is a pure Jacksonian National interest based foreign policy. With Trump, America’s days as the world sucker will be over. We will be respected and feared as we should be.
If Trump doesn’t run, Obama will probably win re-election. Even if he doesn’t no other Republican gets it that the world has changed. A President Romney, Daniels, Pawlenty or Gingrich will be a repeat o’f the Bush years. Our 11 yeareconomic stagnation will continue, allies will continue to leach off us and we will continue to promote Islamic interests. The only difference will be in regards to Israel, but even that will not change our appeasement policy towards Islam. We need a new vision and only Trump is providing it.
