Critics of President Trump's foreign policy, both Democrats and establishment Republicans, find much to loathe about his views and actions.
The criticisms are especially intense regarding Trump's policies toward NATO and Russia, and they have reached a crescendo this month following the NATO summit and the subsequent bilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer fumed: "In the history of our country, Americans have never seen a president of the United States support an adversary in the way Trump supported President Putin. He took the word of the KGB over the men and women of the CIA.".
It is perfectly reasonable to argue that Trump was too solicitous toward Putin in his press conference comments, or that it is equally legitimate to argue it was improper for the president to dispute the intelligence community's findings publicly in a foreign country.
A growing roster of critics do not confine that ugly smear to allegations against Trump.
Trump is far from being a consistent, effective steward of foreign policy.
Finally, Trump has a tendency to overstate foreign policy achievements and make decidedly premature proclamations about breakthroughs - an offense he committed following his summit with Kim Jong Un. But such defects and missteps are a far cry from betraying American interests, much less being an outright traitor.
https://spectator.org/reasonable-vs-unhinged-criticisms-of-trumps-foreign-policy/
The criticisms are especially intense regarding Trump's policies toward NATO and Russia, and they have reached a crescendo this month following the NATO summit and the subsequent bilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer fumed: "In the history of our country, Americans have never seen a president of the United States support an adversary in the way Trump supported President Putin. He took the word of the KGB over the men and women of the CIA.".
It is perfectly reasonable to argue that Trump was too solicitous toward Putin in his press conference comments, or that it is equally legitimate to argue it was improper for the president to dispute the intelligence community's findings publicly in a foreign country.
A growing roster of critics do not confine that ugly smear to allegations against Trump.
Trump is far from being a consistent, effective steward of foreign policy.
Finally, Trump has a tendency to overstate foreign policy achievements and make decidedly premature proclamations about breakthroughs - an offense he committed following his summit with Kim Jong Un. But such defects and missteps are a far cry from betraying American interests, much less being an outright traitor.
https://spectator.org/reasonable-vs-unhinged-criticisms-of-trumps-foreign-policy/
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