{"id":2117,"date":"2017-11-13T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/13\/trumps-foreign-trip-weakens-america\/"},"modified":"2017-11-13T20:53:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T20:53:00","slug":"trumps-foreign-trip-weakens-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-foreign-trip-weakens-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Foreign Trip Weakens America"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Trump’s Asia trip nears its end, here is a look at just a few of the ways Trump has once again hurt America’s standing in the world.<\/p>\n

Trump failed to offer a clear vision of U.S. foreign policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/a>: “Trump’s incoherent message<\/strong> to America’s allies in Asia”<\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/a>: “President Trump's 12-day tour of Asia was designed to offer a vision for U.S. foreign policy in the region and reassure allies at a time of worrying tension. So far, it has done neither<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The Economist<\/a>: “A presidential tour of Asia cannot hide the fact that America has turned inward, hurting itself and the world<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Trump once again played into Putin’s hands by accepting Putin’s denial of Russia’s election interference, taking Putin’s word over the conclusions of the U.S. intelligence community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/a>: “The weekend’s comments on Putin widen Trump’s credibility gap and, consequently, erode America’s standing on the world stage<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a>: “Two former top U.S. intelligence officials said on Sunday they fear President Donald Trump is being manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/strong>, after Trump said he believed Putin was sincere in denying Russian meddling in the 2016 election.”<\/p>\n

New York Times<\/a>: “[Trump’s] account of the conversation indicated he was far more inclined to accept the Russian president’s assertions<\/strong> than those of his own intelligence agencies, which have concluded that Mr. Putin directed an elaborate effort to interfere in the vote.”<\/p>\n

Trump bonded with the authoritarian leader Duterte and failed to adequately address human rights concerns about his campaign of extrajudicial killings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York Times<\/a>: “President Trump said on Monday that he had a ‘great relationship’ with President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, making little mention of human rights <\/strong>at his first face-to-face meeting with an authoritarian leader accused of carrying out a campaign of extrajudicial killings in his nation’s war on drugs.”<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a>: “Trump and Duterte seem to have warmed to each other<\/strong> after meeting for the first time on Saturday at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group meeting in Vietnam. On Sunday, Duterte crooned hit Filipino love song ‘Ikaw’ (You) at a gala dinner for summit leaders in Manila, saying it was on ‘the orders’ of Trump. One of the song’s verses, translated from Filipino, begins: ‘You are the light in my world, a half of this heart of mine.<\/strong>’”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Trump’s Asia trip nears its end, here is a look at just a few of the ways Trump has once again hurt America’s standing in the world. Trump failed to offer a clear vision of U.S. foreign policy. 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