Pope Francis Knocks Nationalism, Pushes Multilateralism in U.N. Speech
Pope Francis told the U.N. General Assembly Friday that the world stands at a crossroads between a beneficial multilateralism and a dangerous resurgence of nationalism.
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Trump Has Had 50% More Meetings with Foreign Leaders than Obama
President Donald Trump has held roughly 50% more meetings with foreign leaders than President Barack Obama did over the same amount of time in their respective first terms in office.
HAYWARD: Time’s ‘Top 10 Risks to the World in 2017’ Starts with America, Excludes Terrorism
Ian Bremmer of Time magazine declared a “geopolitical recession” due to the election of Donald Trump, and put forth his list of “Top 10 Risks to the World in 2017” with this howler of an opening paragraph:
Trump Risks Charles Lindbergh Label with ‘America First’ Foreign Policy Speech
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump devoted his major foreign policy address Wednesday to a theme, “America First,” that has been discredited through its association with Charles Lindbergh’s isolationist efforts to keep the U.S. out of the Second World War.
EXCLUSIVE– Ted Cruz: Marco Rubio Has Same Foreign Policy as Obama, Hillary Clinton
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) ratcheted up his attack on fellow contender Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) Monday by comparing his foreign policy worldview to that of President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump: ‘We Are Not Talking About Isolation… We’re Talking About Security’
In response to CNN debate moderator Wolf Blitzer’s opening question about national security that put forward the premise that he was an isolationist, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump responded, “We are not talking about isolation – we’re talking about security. We are not talking about religion – we’re talking about security.”
Marco Rubio Once Said an ‘Earned Path to Citizenship Is Code for Amnesty’
With the Iowa caucuses less than two months away, presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to dominate the field of candidates in the Republican primary race, but because Ben Carson has plummeted to third or fourth place in most of the national polls, Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio have surged and could pose to challenge Trump’s top-dog status.
Ambassador Power: Rejected Iran Deal Will Isolate U.S.
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, this week published an op-ed in Politico warning Congress that if they reject the Iran nuclear deal, America would be isolated on the world stage and lose the crux of its influence.
Rand Paul Spars with Marco Rubio, Calls Florida Senator ‘Isolationist’ over Cuba Stance
The gloves are off. Two possible contenders for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination are taking shots at one another by name over their respective stances on the Obama administration’s decision to begin to normalize relations with Cuba. Sen. Rand Paul
