Trump Criticizes Obama: ’Israel’ Our Great Friend
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In his first formal foreign policy speech, US Republican front-runner Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to put American security "above all else" if elected president and accused President Barack Obama of snubbing "Israel".
Many elements of Trump's speech were similar to his typical campaign remarks, but he delivered them in a much more sober, restrained manner.
Despite his argument's main thrust of America coming first, Trump did spend some time criticizing the way that the current American administration has related to its allies, on top of which is the apartheid "Israeli" entity. ""Israel", our great friend and the one true democracy in the Middle East, has been snubbed and criticized by an administration that lacks moral clarity," said Trump.
He continued to specifically deride the administration's top two men: Just a few days ago, Vice President Biden again criticized "Israel". Obama has not been a friend to "Israel". He has treated Iran with tender love and care and made it a great power in the Middle East-all at the expense of "Israel", our other allies in the region and, critically, the United States."
"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.
Trump appeared to send a mixed message to America's allies. He doubled down on his previous assertion that other countries must contribute to international security agreements, such as NATO, if they're to get the benefits of American military protection. Yet he also assured allies that the US will have a renewed commitment to its overseas friends if he's elected president.
"To our friends and allies, I say America is going to be strong again, America is going to be reliable again," Trump said. "It's going to be a great and reliable ally again."
He spent much of his speech panning US President Barack Obama's handling of crises in the Middle East, saying the current administration was leaving a legacy of "weakness, confusion and disarray."
"We've made the Middle East more unstable and chaotic than ever before," Trump said. He singled out Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton's handling of the deadly attacks on a US compound in Benghazi, Libya, and repeatedly linked the former secretary of state to what he sees as the failures of the Obama administration to show strength around the world.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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