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In Donald Trump’s Worldview, America Comes First, and Everybody Else Pays
nytimes.com ^
| MARCH 26, 2016
| DAVID E. SANGER and MAGGIE HABERMAN
Posted on 03/26/2016 6:22:25 PM PDT by Trumpinator
In Donald Trump’s Worldview, America Comes First, and Everybody Else Pays
By DAVID E. SANGER and MAGGIE HABERMANMARCH 26, 2016
Mr. Trump’s views, as he explained them, fit nowhere into the recent history of the Republican Party: He is not in the internationalist camp of President George Bush, nor does he favor President George W. Bush’s call to make it the United States’ mission to spread democracy around the world. He agreed with a suggestion that his ideas might be summed up as “America First.”
“Not isolationist, but I am America First,” he said. “I like the expression.” He said he was willing to reconsider traditional American alliances if partners were not willing to pay, in cash or troop commitments, for the presence of American forces around the world. “We will not be ripped off anymore,” he said.
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Darn right! Trump 2016. Thank you, Jesus.
To: Trumpinator
Sounds good to me. Opposite of 0bama.
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:23:16 PM PDT
by
proust
(Texans for Trump!)
To: Trumpinator
After 50 years of “America pays”, I think Donald Trump has a good plan.
To: Trumpinator
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:23:53 PM PDT
by
cba123
To: Trumpinator
I fail to see an issue with that worldview.
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:24:34 PM PDT
by
jospehm20
To: Trumpinator
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:25:11 PM PDT
by
Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
To: Trumpinator
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:25:26 PM PDT
by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
To: Trumpinator
I didn’t know the NYT was endorsing Trump.
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:25:52 PM PDT
by
Rusty0604
To: Trumpinator
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:26:48 PM PDT
by
RC one
To: Trumpinator
America Comes First, and Everybody Else Pays A bizarre philosophy for an elected US president ... but it just might work.
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:27:01 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking, but I know what I'm thinking.)
To: Trumpinator
Let’s try that for a hundred years or so, then we can change back if it hasn’t worked out better.
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:27:07 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Trumpinator
yeah, so?? You have us there.
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:27:16 PM PDT
by
halfright
(Character is what a man does when nobody is watching....go Mr. Trump!)
To: proust
Damn Straight! I am sick of funding the UN where we pay and all we get back is insults from the Third World. Get the UN out of the US!.
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:28:18 PM PDT
by
wetgundog
("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
To: Trumpinator
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:28:27 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
To: Trumpinator
And everybody else Pays BACK...
There, fixed it.
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:28:45 PM PDT
by
JPJones
To: Trumpinator
In Donald Trump’s Worldview, America Comes First
The NY Times sounds shocked that a man running for US president would want America to come first.
To: Trumpinator
“We will not be ripped off anymore” ...the gravy train may be coming to an end.
Let the leeches and parasites die off.
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:29:37 PM PDT
by
TomServo
To: Trumpinator
BOOM!
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:29:42 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(Ted. You got some esplainin to do.)
To: Trumpinator; Whenifhow
Thanks, trumpinator for posting this!
Ping!
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posted on
03/26/2016 6:29:46 PM PDT
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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