- Title: U.S. foreign policy in Trump's first two years: 'Our country is respected again'
- Date: 7th December 2018
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 10, 2018) (AGENCY POOL) (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, SAYING: "And that's why I do believe that my proposals for a European defence are totally consistent with that because it means more Europe within NATO (North Atlantic Treaty organization), more capacity, in order to take our part of the burden." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "We want a strong Europe. It is very important to us to have a strong Europe and whichever way we can do it the best and most efficient would be something that we both want." PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - NOVEMBER 11, 2018) (AGENCY POOL) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SHAKING HANDS WITH MACRON, MERKEL, TRUMP AND TRUMP'S WIFE MELANIA, PUTIN TAKING POSITION IN THE LINEUP AT CEREMONY MARKING 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE French President Emmanuel Macron used an address to world leaders gathered in Paris for Armistice commemorations on November 11 to send a stern message about the dangers of nationalism, calling it a betrayal of moral values. With U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting just a few feet away listening to the speech via translation earpieces, Macron denounced those who evoke nationalist sentiment to disadvantage others.
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- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
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- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: FOR EXTENSIVE FILE VIDEO OF TRUMP'S DOMESTIC AGENDA, PLEASE SEE EDIT 0425-USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-DOMESTIC POLICY
FOREIGN POLICY CONTINUES IN EDIT: 0426-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY PART 1
Donald Trump assumed the office of the President of the United States with a pledge to "make America great again."
Half-way through his first term, Trump claims that task has been accomplished, telling audiences at any of his frequent political pep rallies that "our country is respected again all over the world".
But, in the arena of U.S. foreign policy, whether Trump has engineered a solidification of America's position in the world, or whether he has weakened America's status as the pre-eminent global economic, military, and moral force, is a question that is sharply debated within America's fractious politics.
Few dispute, however, that whatever Donald Trump is doing in his foreign policy, it is unlike the way any previous U.S. president operated on the global stage. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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