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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocratic senator says Trump's 'major pivots in foreign policy' are 'how wars start'
by Pamela Engel at Business Insiderhttp://www.businessinsider.com/chris-murphy-trump-foreign-policy-2016-12
"SNIP............
In a tweetstorm, Murphy warned that Trump's "major pivots in foreign policy" are "how wars start":
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(1) Foreign policy consistency is a means, not an end. It's not sacred. Thus, it's Trump's right to shift policy, alliances, strategy.
5:05 PM - 2 Dec 2016
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(2) What has happened in the last 48 hours is not a shift. These are major pivots in foreign policy w/out any plan. That's how wars start.
5:07 PM - 2 Dec 2016
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(3) And if they aren't pivots - just radical temporary deviations - allies will walk if they have no clue what we stand for. Just as bad.
5:12 PM - 2 Dec 2016
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(4) It's probably time we get a Secretary of State nominee on board. Preferably w experience. Like, really really soon.
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Democratic senator says Trump's 'major pivots in foreign policy' are 'how wars start' (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 2016
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yardwork
(61,772 posts)1. I feel sick.
pbmus
(12,422 posts)2. Yep, the Trumpster is dangerous to the world...
mopinko
(70,337 posts)3. i really think this undermines our legitimacy on the world stage.
certainly he has no mandate. when the rest of the world absorbs that we are being led by a man who didnt get the most votes, i shudder.
no_hypocrisy
(46,297 posts)4. I can hear Trump protesting, "It wasn't my fault . . . . . "