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| Fresh from the sweep of five Eastern states on Tuesday, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has outlined the contours of his foreign policy vision. He criticized president Barack Obama and democratic contender Hillary Clinton over Middle East policies. | Fresh from the sweep of five Eastern states on Tuesday, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has outlined the contours of his foreign policy vision. He criticized president Barack Obama and democratic contender Hillary Clinton over Middle East policies. |
| Speaking in Washington, DC on Wednesday, the billionaire businessman said "America first" would be the vision of his presidency. | Speaking in Washington, DC on Wednesday, the billionaire businessman said "America first" would be the vision of his presidency. |
| His policy would “replace randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace,” Trump said. | His policy would “replace randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy, and chaos with peace,” Trump said. |
| Arguing that America had "saved the world" from Nazism in the 1940s and then from Communism during the Cold War, Trump said the US foreign policy "veered badly off-course” after 1990, and began to make less and less sense. | Arguing that America had "saved the world" from Nazism in the 1940s and then from Communism during the Cold War, Trump said the US foreign policy "veered badly off-course” after 1990, and began to make less and less sense. |
| "Logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance, which led to one foreign policy disaster after another," he said, culminating with the "dangerous idea” that the US could remake the countries of the Middle East into western-style democracies. This has led to “horribly wasted” lives and trillions of dollars. | "Logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance, which led to one foreign policy disaster after another," he said, culminating with the "dangerous idea” that the US could remake the countries of the Middle East into western-style democracies. This has led to “horribly wasted” lives and trillions of dollars. |
| “Our actions in Iraq and Syria have helped unleash ISIS,” Trump said, while the US has “done nothing to help the Christians, and we should be ashamed.” | “Our actions in Iraq and Syria have helped unleash ISIS,” Trump said, while the US has “done nothing to help the Christians, and we should be ashamed.” |
| "We made Middle East more chaotic than ever before," Trump said. | |
| Since entering the presidential race last June, Trump has caused outright panic in the US foreign policy establishment with a series of positions no one in Washington previously dared to advocate, including dismantling NATO and banning Muslim immigration. Trump has openly criticized President George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, as well as Bill Clinton’s 1999 war in Yugoslavia, cheered by then-First Lady and Trump’s likely rival in November, Hillary Clinton. | Since entering the presidential race last June, Trump has caused outright panic in the US foreign policy establishment with a series of positions no one in Washington previously dared to advocate, including dismantling NATO and banning Muslim immigration. Trump has openly criticized President George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, as well as Bill Clinton’s 1999 war in Yugoslavia, cheered by then-First Lady and Trump’s likely rival in November, Hillary Clinton. |
| Announced by Zalmay Khalilzad, a former US envoy to Afghanistan, Trump’s speech was hosted by the Center for the National Interest, which describes itself as a “voice for strategic realism.” | Announced by Zalmay Khalilzad, a former US envoy to Afghanistan, Trump’s speech was hosted by the Center for the National Interest, which describes itself as a “voice for strategic realism.” |
| While in domestic matters their authority is checked by Congress and the judiciary, US presidents have a tremendous amount of influence over foreign policy. | While in domestic matters their authority is checked by Congress and the judiciary, US presidents have a tremendous amount of influence over foreign policy. |