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‘Foreign Policy is in Shambles’: Colin Powell Unloads on Trump and the Republican Party
M ^ | Oct 6th, 2019 | Charlie Nash

Posted on 10/07/2019 9:17:51 AM PDT by conservative98

Former Secretary of State and retired four-star U.S. Army General Colin Powell described foreign policy under President Donald Trump as “in shambles,” in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Sunday.

“I was a Republican who was Ronald Reagan’s National Security Advisor. I was a Republican who worked for George Herbert Walker Bush, and worked for George W. Bush. I’m a moderate Republican who believes that we should have strong foreign policy, strong defense policy, that we have to look out for our people, and we ought to work hard to making sure we’re one country and one team,” Powell declared. “And so, on that basis, I call myself a Republican.”

After characterizing himself, Powell moved on to condemn the Republican party for enabling Trump.

“The Republican Party has got to get a grip on itself. Right now, Republican leaders and members of the Congress, in both the Senate and in the House, are holding back because they’re terrified of what will happen to any one of them if they speak out,” he said. “Will they lose a primary? I don’t know why that’s such a disaster, but will they lose a primary?

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Syria; US: Maryland; US: South Carolina
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To: conservative98

WTF, evuh...Colon Bowel Movement.

You lost credibility years ago...


21 posted on 10/07/2019 9:25:46 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: conservative98

we ought to work hard to making sure we’re one country and one team As he is dividing the one country with his own comments.


22 posted on 10/07/2019 9:26:06 AM PDT by pas
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To: conservative98

Sorry, but this guy is part of the reason we had to go BACK into IRAQ a second time.... forgive me if I am not losing sleep over his claims.


23 posted on 10/07/2019 9:27:17 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: conservative98

If your domestic policy is “America first” what do you need a foreign policy for?


24 posted on 10/07/2019 9:28:18 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: conservative98

Hey, why don’t you shut the Hell up, General Colon Pole, sir!


25 posted on 10/07/2019 9:29:32 AM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: conservative98

“And so, on that basis, I call myself a Republican.”


But in acutuality.....

Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109539/posts

Colin Powell Endorses Obama.. Again
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2949896/posts

Colin Powell Says He’ll Vote for Hillary Clinton
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3484808/posts


26 posted on 10/07/2019 9:29:56 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

> NATO members paying more of their share instead of US carrying all the burden

> Caliphate territory in Syria & Iraq has been reclaimed

> Stupid Iran nuclear deal blown away, which gave Iran $150 BILLION and plane loads of cash.

> Tighter sanctions on Iran has reduced money Iran can spend on supporting terrorists.

> Paris accords blown away, which put extra ankle weights on US businesses

> Finally a POTUS is addressing the issue of China robbing US with $400-450 Billion trade deficits every year. Those tariffs are hurting Chicoms and they are hoping Trump is gone soon, so they can resume the robbery of American people.

> Wall is being built on southern border in spite of resistance by democrats and deep state republicans

Mr Powell may not like this MAGA policy, so go work for your favorite the Bushes.


27 posted on 10/07/2019 9:30:48 AM PDT by entropy12 (You are either for free enterprise or for government price fixing. Can't be for both as convenient.)
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To: conservative98

didn’t he vote for Obama over two extremely moderate republicans name McCain and Romney?


28 posted on 10/07/2019 9:30:55 AM PDT by SPRINK (G)
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To: conservative98

Hey, Colin, 1989 called. They want their foreign policy back.


29 posted on 10/07/2019 9:30:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: pas
we ought to work hard to making sure we’re one country and one team

Good luck with that one.

30 posted on 10/07/2019 9:30:56 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: conservative98

Piss off, Colon Powell.

President Trump is trying to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula, he is slowly but surely bringing down Iran, building a much needed wall on our southern border, building up our military, etc.

The two Bushes were a disaster in the international arena, but go ahead and ignore that factoid, Colon.


31 posted on 10/07/2019 9:31:45 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Ban liberals, NOT guns.)
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To: conservative98

Have I missed where Trump put the country in a worse place than it was? Only if you are worried about other countries’ feeling, which I do not.


32 posted on 10/07/2019 9:32:11 AM PDT by dgbrown
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To: conservative98

The jackasses here who used to pimp for that toadie and Condi

They just couldn’t get enough of virtue signaling over of color


33 posted on 10/07/2019 9:32:50 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: conservative98

Read: President Trump is disrupting foreign policy influence peddling for cash by elected officials. And we can’t have that.


34 posted on 10/07/2019 9:34:39 AM PDT by TheDon (MAGA!)
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To: pas

That’s exactly what I thought, SOP for Democrats.


35 posted on 10/07/2019 9:34:43 AM PDT by Federal46 (federal 46)
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To: Diogenesis

Yeah every moderate Republican takes a picture with Louis Farrakhan. Because we all know that Louis Farrakhan just loves America to death. Or is that, would love for America to descend into the memory hole of history and be forgotten. Oh well there is love in there somewhere I guess. All we need is love right? /sarcasm


36 posted on 10/07/2019 9:35:09 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: conservative98

Just another Bush mistake whining about President Trump.
(Incidentally, W & Laura were sitting with Ellen Degenerate watching the hapless Dallas Cowboys play yesterday.)


37 posted on 10/07/2019 9:36:09 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: conservative98

Yeah, Colin. As if Obama had it all together with his foreign policy.


38 posted on 10/07/2019 9:36:57 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: conservative98

I hope he never eats out or orders food delivered.


39 posted on 10/07/2019 9:37:01 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: conservative98

Trump told us he was going to demolish the existing world order on multiple occasions.

That is a deliberate act, not chaos.


40 posted on 10/07/2019 9:37:01 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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