Allen West - Whoa: Here’s the FIRST thought I had after Trump’s speech yesterday

Whoa: Here’s the FIRST thought I had after Trump’s speech yesterday
Written by Allen West on April 28, 2016
Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Yesterday I must admit, I was surprised — ok, shocked — by the foreign policy speech delivered by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. First of all, it was only the second time Mr. Trump used a teleprompter. Ok, he mispronounced the Tanzania. I found it amazing that the White House would try to make light of that. I remember when Obama had to use a teleprompter to speak to a class of elementary school kids.

So, what would be my grade? A good solid B. And no, he didn’t need to go into exhaustive detail — after all, back in 2008, all Obama had to do was say “hope and change.”

As reported by 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.”

The speech, read from a teleprompter and focused on policy, was also heavy on campaign-season slams against President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. He called their policies “aimless” and destructive, and criticized them for not using the term “radical Islam.” “We went from mistakes in Iraq to Egypt to Libya to President Obama’s line in the sand in Syria,” Trump said. He said this has allowed the Islamic State to thrive — but said, going forward, the U.S. is out of “nation-building.”

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