{"id":1037311,"date":"2024-07-17T14:28:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T18:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1037311"},"modified":"2024-07-17T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T18:28:47","slug":"trumps-rnc-day-3-weaken-america-on-the-world-stage-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-rnc-day-3-weaken-america-on-the-world-stage-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s RNC Day 3: Weaken America on the World Stage Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>As Donald Trump\u2019s allies double down on Trump\u2019s failed foreign policy vision at the RNC convention today, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump spent four years weakening our national security, and he\u2019s still hellbent on praising dictators, threatening to abandon our allies, and undermining American leadership on the world stage. No amount of spin from MAGA loyalists taking the RNC stage today changes the fact that Trump put our security and our allies last and allowed dictators to gain influence at the expense of Americans\u2019 safety.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that so many military leaders \u2014 including Trump\u2019s own former chief of staff \u2014 have spoken out against his reckless record as commander in chief. Now, Trump has chosen a far-right MAGA running mate in JD Vance who shares his dangerous views, railing against NATO, pushing to abandon Ukraine, and threatening to undercut our national security.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs Trump doubles down on his foreign policy failures with Vance on the ticket, it\u2019s clear that neither he nor Vance can be trusted to lead on the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donald Trump \u2014 who has repeatedly praised Putin \u2014 said he would have let Russia \u201ctake over\u201d parts of Ukraine and threatened to let them \u201cdo whatever the hell they want\u201d to our NATO allies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/10\/politics\/trump-russia-nato\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump says he would encourage Russia to \u2018do whatever the hell they want\u2019 to any NATO country that doesn\u2019t pay enough\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/05\/trump-ukraine-secret-plan\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: <strong>\u201cFormer president Donald Trump has privately said he could end Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine by pressuring Ukraine to give up some territory\u2026 <\/strong>Some foreign policy experts said Trump\u2019s idea would reward Russian President Vladimir Putin and condone the violation of internationally recognized borders by force\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrump has consistently complimented Putin, expressed admiration for his dictatorial rule and gone out of his way to avoid criticizing him, most recently for the death in jail of political opponent Alexei Navalny.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/fox-news-edits-out-donald-trump-saying-he-mightve-let-russia-take-over-parts-of-ukraine\">Daily Beast<\/a>: <strong>\u201cFox News Edits Out Trump Saying He Might\u2019ve Let Russia \u2018Take Over\u2019 Parts of Ukraine\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[Trump] revealed how he personally would have prevented the war. According to Trump, all he needed to do was let Russia \u2018take over\u2019 parts of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/12\/us\/politics\/trump-nato-republicans.html\">New York Times<\/a>: <strong>\u201cMr. Trump often praises Mr. Putin \u2014 he has described the invasion of Ukraine as the work of a \u2018genius\u2019 \u2014 and has long admired him as a \u2018strong\u2019 leader.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/22\/trump-reacts-putins-invasion-ukraine-exactly-youd-expect\/\">Washington Post, February 2022<\/a>: <strong>\u201c\u2018Genius,\u2019 \u2018Savvy\u2019: Trump reacts to Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine exactly as you\u2019d expect\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6324629322112\">Trump on Putin<\/a>: \u201cWe had a very good relationship.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-does-lighting-round-with-hannity-gives-thoughts-on-biden-putin-and-more\">Donald Trump<\/a>, March 2023: \u201cI got along very well with Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-praises-dictators-rails-immigrants-sparking-backlash\/story?id=105725220\">ABC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump spent his latest rally in New Hampshire praising multiple authoritarian leaders and quoting Russian President Vladimir Putin to try and discredit the criminal indictments against him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Numerous military leaders and former Trump advisers \u2013 including those closest to him while he made reckless foreign policy decisions \u2013&nbsp;have slammed him as a grave threat to our national security. Trump\u2019s former chief of staff and retired Marine general John Kelly said Trump called veterans \u201csuckers\u201d and \u201closers\u201d and has \u201cno idea what America stands for,\u201d and retired four-star Army General Barry McCaffrey slammed Trump\u2019s failure to protect American interests from Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/02\/trump-troops-fallen-soldiers-john-kelly\">Axios<\/a>: <strong>\u201cFormer President Trump didn\u2019t want to visit a cemetery near Paris for Americans who fought and died in World War I because it was filled with \u2018suckers\u2019 and \u2018losers,\u2019 <\/strong>John Kelly, his longest-serving chief of staff, said in a statement to CNN on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2020\/09\/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers\/615997\/\">The Atlantic<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump said, \u2018Why should I go to that cemetery? It\u2019s filled with losers.\u2019 In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as \u2018suckers\u2019 for getting killed.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/02\/politics\/john-kelly-donald-trump-us-service-members-veterans\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201c\u2018A person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about. A person who cavalierly suggests that a selfless warrior who has served his country for 40 years in peacetime and war should lose his life for treason \u2013 in expectation that someone will take action. <strong>A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law. <\/strong>\u2018There is nothing more that can be said,\u2019 Kelly concluded. \u2018God help us.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/11\/13\/kelly-criticizes-trump-over-delay-of-biden-transition-436465\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cPresident-elect Joe Biden should start receiving intelligence briefings, and the delay in allowing the transition to officially get started is <strong>damaging U.S. national security<\/strong>, President Donald Trump\u2019s former chief of staff John Kelly told POLITICO in an exclusive interview.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/16\/politics\/donald-trump-criticism-from-former-administration-officials\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201c\u2018The depths of his dishonesty is just astounding to me. <strong>The dishonesty, the transactional nature of every relationship, though it\u2019s more pathetic than anything else. <\/strong>He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life,\u2019 [John Kelly], the retired Marine general has told friends, CNN has learned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/14\/politics\/woodward-book-trump-nuclear\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201c[General Mark Milley] \u2018was certain that Trump had gone into a serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election, with <strong>Trump now all but manic, screaming at officials and constructing his own alternate reality about endless election conspiracies.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/378884-retired-four-star-army-general-trump-serious-threat-to-us\/\">The Hill<\/a>: \u201cA retired four-star Army general said that he believes that President Trump is a <strong>\u2018serious threat to US national security.\u2019<\/strong> Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey tweeted Friday that he reached the conclusion about Trump because the president \u2018is refusing to protect vital US interests from active Russian attacks.\u2019 \u2018It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,\u2019 he added.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/04\/politics\/john-allen-trump-protests-george-floyd\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cRetired Marine Gen. John Allen: <strong>Trump\u2019s threats of military force may be \u2018the beginning of the end of the American experiment\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/09\/09\/politics\/president-trump-national-security-advisers-rage-book\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: Former Trump Defense Secretary General James Mattis said <strong>Trump \u201chas no moral compass\u201d and was \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201cunfit\u201d for office.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/09\/16\/daily-202-us-came-much-closer-war-with-north-korea-2017-than-public-knew-trump-told-woodward\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWhen%20I%20was%20basically%20directed,Mattis%20said%2C%20according%20to%20Woodward.\">Washington Post<\/a>: Mattis resigned after Trump directed him \u201cto do something that I thought went beyond stupid to felony stupid, <strong>strategically jeopardizing our place in the world and everything else.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>During his first term, Trump put dictators over our allies, ceded America\u2019s leadership worldwide, and made the world less safe.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/05\/14\/trump-foreign-policy-damage-588030\">Politico<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump\u2019s approach is hurting the U.S., foreign policy experts say\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/418f788880cb4e848177026556a0b4a7\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump embracing US adversaries, pushing away its allies\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/07\/16\/politics\/donald-trump-putin-helsinki-summit\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump sides with Putin over US intelligence\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/18\/us\/politics\/global-survey-trump.html\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Much of the world has soured on American leadership since President Trump took office<\/strong>, a loss of faith that has opened up opportunities for other countries like China, Russia and Germany to assert themselves on the international stage, according to an extensive new survey of people living around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andrewsolender\/2020\/09\/14\/trump-said-hes-cozier-with-tougher-and-meaner-dictators-calls-them-smarter-than-biden\/?sh=78c3b1335392\">Forbes<\/a>: \u201cTrump said of his relationships with dictators, \u2018the tougher and meaner they are, the better I get along with them,\u2019 which he insisted is \u2018not a bad thing.\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201c\u2018The easy ones,\u2019 Trump said, referring to America\u2019s allies, \u2018I maybe don&#8217;t like as much or don&#8217;t get along with as much.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now, Trump is promising in a second term to \u201cfinish the process\u201d of abandoning and undermining NATO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/donald-trump-townhall-fox-news-nato-b2476742.html\">The Independent<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump refuses to commit to NATO in second term at Fox News town hall\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/9172bde9-a4e3-4024-846f-8f7fd7d06e9f\">Trump<\/a>: <strong>\u201cWe have to finish the process we began under my Administration of fundamentally reevaluating NATO\u2019s purpose and NATO\u2019s mission.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/donald-trump-u-s-leave-nato-1234860016\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201c\u200b\u200bTrump Plots to Pull Out of NATO \u2014 If He Doesn\u2019t Get His Way\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump wanted to pull the United States out of NATO during his first term, but was repeatedly talked out of it by senior administration officials. <strong>For a possible second term in the White House, [Trump] is already discussing how he could actually get it done,<\/strong> if his demands aren\u2019t met by NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-vow-never-help-europe-attack-thierry-breton\/\">Politico<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump vowed he\u2019d \u2018never\u2019 help Europe if it\u2019s attacked, top EU official says\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JD Vance led the charge to block aid for Ukraine in the Senate, suggested ceding parts of Ukraine to Russia (just like Trump), and has railed against NATO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/jd-vance-says-ukraine-cede-land-cut-deal-putin-end-war-rcna129195\">NBC News<\/a>:<strong> \u201cSen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, on Monday dismissed fears of Russia\u2019s military capabilities under President Vladimir Putin and suggested Ukraine should give up some of its land to end the war.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-vice-president-nominee-jd-vance-republican-party-united-states-presidential-election-us-eu-relations-isolationism-foreign-policy\/\">Politico<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump\u2019s VP pick spells \u2018disaster\u2019 for Europe and Ukraine\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne senior EU official, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly on the issue, said in an interview Monday that the appointment of Vance was a \u2018disaster\u2019 for Ukraine \u2014 and by extension for the European Union, which has backed Kyiv as it defends itself against Russian aggression&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cVance played a central role in the effort to kill off a Ukraine aid bill<\/strong> earlier this year in the Senate&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cVance\u2019s Trump-style, America-first foreign policy extends to more general critiques of Europe and NATO as well.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/j-d-vance-calls-depriving-ukraine-of-aid-his-second-biggest-priority-in-senate\/\">Mediaite<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance Calls Depriving Ukraine of Aid His Second Biggest Priority in Senate\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ohiocapitaljournal.com\/2024\/06\/28\/ohio-senator-j-d-vance-accused-of-playing-putins-game\/\">Ohio Capital Journal<\/a>: \u201cOhio senator J.D. Vance accused of playing Putin\u2019s game\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/4773538-jd-vance-foreign-policy\/\">The Hill<\/a>: <strong>\u201cVance promoted Trump\u2019s \u2018America First\u2019 foreign policy at the Munich Security Conference in February\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Donald Trump\u2019s allies double down on Trump\u2019s failed foreign policy vision at the RNC convention today, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cDonald Trump spent four years weakening our national security, and he\u2019s still hellbent on praising dictators, threatening to abandon our allies, and undermining American leadership on the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1037311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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