#isolationist — Public Fediverse posts

“I have to tell you, Europe has a lot of spirit for this war,” #Trump said. “When I first got involved, I didn’t think they did, but they do.” But Trump never said if he had any spirit for this war. “We have an ocean separating us,” he said, using a classic #isolationist argument that has echoes back to World War I. “This is not Trump’s war. We’re here to get it finished & stopped.”

#geopolitics #TrumpIsWeak #PutinsPuppet

Although Caldwell is not as well known as other snr #Pentagon ofcls, he has played a critical role as an adviser to #Hegseth.
His importance was underscored in a leaked text chain on #Signal disclosed by #TheAtlantic.
In it, Hegseth named Caldwell as the best staff contact for the #NSC as it prepared for the launch of strikes against the Houthis.
Caldwell had drawn attention…for past views that critics have called #isolationist, but which advocates said sought to right-size America's priorities.

So when do the adults stand up and tell the orange emperor he has no clothes?

#noclothes #loser #depressiondon #USPol #USPolitics #usa #tariff #tariffs #tarrifsaretaxes #taxincreases #penguindeficit #whotaxespenguins #canada #canadastrong #badtradepartner #isolationist #nobackbone #orangeemperor #standup

The most left-wing segment of the population is heavily white, the Pew Research Center has found.

While white Democrats have become even more liberal in recent decades, many working-class voters of color remain moderate to conservative.

These voters say #crime is a major problem, for instance.
They are uncomfortable with the speed of change on #gender #issues (which helps explain why Trump is running so many ads that mention high school trans athletes).
On foreign policy, Black and Hispanic voters have #isolationist instincts, with the Times poll showing that most believe the U.S. “should pay less attention to problems overseas and concentrate on problems here at home.”

#Immigration may be the clearest example.
Many voters of color are unhappy about the high immigration of the last few years. They worry about the impact on their communities and worry that new arrivals are unfairly skipping the line.

In our poll, more than 40 percent of Black and Hispanic voters support “#deporting immigrants living in the United States illegally back to their home countries.” Support for a border #wall was similar:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/briefing/hispanic-black-americans-election-poll.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“Just imagine if terrorists turned El Paso & San Diego into ghost towns ... How long would the American government tolerate that?” #Netanyahu said [echoing #Trump’s #nationalist #isolationist rhetoric], shaking his fist in emphasis. “Yet #Israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for almost a year. Well, I’ve come here today to say: Enough is enough.”

#UNGA #UN #geopolitics #war #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Gaza #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #MiddleEast

So far #Trump’s “press event” is him using the cameras to deliver a nationally broadcast stump speech.

Unsurprisingly, he’s spouting #lies. Bunch of #isolationist, #nationalist, #racist crap.

Also completely fabricating an impending 1929 #economy.

Saying #KamalaHarris is “100% the border czar” - false.

Claiming he prefers running against #Harris to Biden.

All backwards looking “blah blah blah wouldn’t have happened” & “blah blah blah wouldn’t have happened” if he was president.

…#corporate #Democrats & #financiers on #WallStreet are optimistic #Harris would govern as a #centrist, said #JeffreySonnenfeld, prof of mgmt at #Yale School of Mgmt who consults w/top US CEOs. In contrast to #Trump, she’s not an #isolationist on #ForeignPolicy —something many in the corporate world care deeply about—& they believe she is less likely to pursue #trade policies that are as protectionist as his proposals.

#ProsecutorVFelon #Election2024 #economy #Harris2024
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/harris-industries-00170479

The letter also contrasts #KamalaHarris’s record w/the #isolationist inclinations of #Republicans, #Trump & #JDVance.

“I have been impressed w/her strong, #principled leadership on the #world stage & her track record of advancing American interests, our #values, & our #alliances,” said Donilon, #NationalSecurity adv under Obama. “I have been fortunate enough to serve 4 US presidents & believe that the American people should be confident & proud to have VP #Harris as our next commander in chief”

The lineup of speakers at the #Republican National Convention on Wednesday sketched out a vision for American #ForeignPolicy that leans harder into #Trump’s #populist & #isolationist instincts & further jettisons long-held Republican views.

The rest of the world was watching.

#TrumpProofing #BidenHarris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/world/europe/trump-foreign-policy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Many Republicans don’t align with new messages at GOP convention

Monday’s program was chock full of efforts to reach groups that don’t generally align with Republicans,
from Latino and Black voters to union members.


But the messages used to accomplish that task were often discordant —
with Trump’s usual mien,
with one another,
with those of the party’s base.

And while the party has become defined much more by “Trump” than any set of policies,
that can’t help but create some tensions.


The big one Monday concerned the party’s increasingly #isolationist posture.

After Trump picked as his running mate one of the most prominent skeptics of Ukraine aid, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio,
— Vance once said he didn’t “really care” what happened to Ukraine
— a succession of speakers delivered remarks in that vein.


Rep. Marjorie Taylor #Greene (Ga.) 🔸criticized aid to “foreign nations,”

while tech investor David #Sacks ♦️blamed the U.S. government for provoking Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by pushing NATO expansion.♦️

While much of the GOP base is skeptical of Ukraine aid,
a healthy segment of it remains #hawkish on the war.

Recent polling shows more than 4 in 10 Republicans believe that the amount of aid to Ukraine has been not enough or “about right.”


After the most recent Ukraine aid package passed, a poll showed Republicans leaned against it, but not a majority or even by a huge margin.

While 44 percent opposed the aid, 30 percent supported it.


And in contrast to Sacks’s comment, a Chicago Council of Global Affairs poll last year showed 🔹fewer than four in 10 Republicans blamed either NATO (37 percent) or the United States (32 percent) for Russia’s invasion. 🔹

Republicans also still lean in favor of NATO and even Ukraine’s membership in it.

The messages are also somewhat at odds with Trump himself.

While he has projected skepticism about Ukraine aid, he didn’t really fight the most recent package, and he has said that Ukraine’s survival is “important to us!”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/16/many-republicans-dont-align-with-new-messages-gop-convention/

I'm sitting here watching the #press deliver this election to Trump.

"Does the president nap during the day?" Trump was well-known to nap every day; where are those questions? How about this: "How would you contrast #Biden's work ethic with that of the previous dude, who spent every day at the golf course?"

"Will the president pull out of the race?" No. Asked and answered. How about: "Will Trump pull out of the race, as he not only is guilty of 34 felonies (so far), but is also a widely-acknowledged #racist, #misogynist, #isolationist, lying con-man who will destroy #democracy

Now they're asking about teleprompters. #FFS

It's unsurprising to see Faux News treating this #pressConference as actual news; it's depressing as hell though that CNN and MSNBC are doing so as well. There is zero news content in this event, regardless of how many times the rapidly-dying broadcast news repeats the same vapid questions in different forms.

While #Biden has so far avoided naming #Trump during his time abroad, he has increasingly warned of the dangers posed by the kind of #authoritarian & #isolationist impulses the fmr president has embraced in his push to return to the #WhiteHouse. #POTUS, who has said in the past that America’s very #democracy is at stake in the coming #election, …[has juxtaposed] #DDay’s 80th anniversary to sound the alarm about the advance of #antidemocratic forces across the globe.

#BidenHarris2024

#Biden to defend #democracy in speech in #France, drawing contrast w/ #Trump

While #POTUS has so far avoided naming Trump during his trip, he has warned of the dangers posed by #authoritarian & #isolationist impulses.

In #Normandy on Fri, Biden will hail the #UnitedStates #ArmyRangers who scaled the cliffs of #PointeDuHoc 8 decades ago in defense of #freedom & democracy.

#geopolitics #alliances #NATO #MutualProtection #contract #law #BidenHarris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/biden-normandy-speech-pointe-du-hoc/

#Trump said he”just liked the expression" #AmericaFirst & denied he’s an #isolationist. His ignorance of #history & #ForeignPolicy has led him to denounce wars that began during other president's terms….But to the extent he has a philosophy about #interventionism…, it's #America should "win" wars & then "take the resources”[ #WarProfiteering]. Oh, & allies should pay protection money if they want the #UnitedStates to adhere to its #treaty commitments [aka a #MafiaProtectionRacket / #extortion].

Donald #Trump had no idea about the #historical significance of the term "#AmericaFirst" when he first started saying it, believing erroneously that he'd thought up the slogan himself even though he'd no doubt heard it somewhere during his 77 yrs. Before the US entered the war the #AmericaFirstCommittee was the name of the #RightWing #isolationist movement & many of its members also happened to be just a little bit taken w/that #strongman fella from Germany.

#DDay

The academic, Vladimir Zharikhin, called for #Russia to “continue to facilitate the coming to power of #isolationist #RightWing forces in #America,” “enable the #destabilization of Latin American countries & the rise to power of #extremist forces on the far left & far right there,” as well as facilitate “the restoration of European countries’ sovereignty by supporting parties dissatisfied w/ economic pressure from the #US.”

#ForeignPolicy #disinformation #UnitedStates #Ukraine #war

The doc for the 1st time provides ofcl confirmation & codification of what many in the Moscow elite say has become a hybrid #war against the West. #Russia is seeking to subvert Western support for #Ukraine & disrupt domestic #politics in the #UnitedStates & European countries, thru #propaganda campaigns supporting #isolationist & #extremist policies….It is also seeking to refashion #geopolitics, drawing closer to #China, #Iran & #NorthKorea in an attempt to shift the current balance of #power.

#MarjorieTaylorGreene now wishes the #US would implement one of #England’s #healthcare #policies, and of course it's #transphobic.

The usually #isolationist #congresswoman is suddenly using another #country as an #example for the US to #emulate.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/marjorie-taylor-greene-now-wishes-the-us-would-implement-one-of-englands-health-care-policies/

to be clear, the #US has been #isolationist throughout much (most) of its history, and when not overtly isolationist, #neutral long after they ought to have been (viz. World War 1 and World War 2). They only became "the world's policeman" after the Second World War. A return to isolationism is sad, but not unexpected.

#Trump’s hands-off approach to the bloody #MiddleEast conflict reflects the profound #AntiInterventionist [#isolationist] shift he has brought about in the #Republican Party over the past 8 yrs & has been colored by his feelings about #Netanyahu, whom he may never forgive for congratulating President #Biden for his 2020 victory.

#Israel #Hamas #Gaza #geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #leadership #diplomacy #InternationalRelations #Palestinians #WhiteChristianNationalism #Republicans #VoteBlue

"One of life's most underappreciated talents is to know when it's time to move on to life's next chapter," he said in prepared remarks obtained by The AP. "So I stand before you today...to say that this will be my last term as #Republican leader of the #Senate."
His decision punctuates a powerful #ideological transition underway in the #RepublicanParty, from #RonaldReagan's brand of traditional #conservatism & strong international #alliances, to the fiery, often #isolationist #populism of Trump.

…His latest round of pro-Russian cheerleading (is) … now against a dramatically changed backdrop. The #Russia-Ukraine war is entering its 3rd year, w/no signs of abating. #Putin critics are calling the death of #Navalny — who had survived a previous Russian attempt to poison him — a #murder. & under #Trump’s leadership, the #Republican Party has drifted in a remarkably #isolationist direction on #ForeignPolicy, w/ #HouseRepublicans currently holding up much-needed #aid to #Ukraine.

#VoteBlue

#LindseyGraham, a longtime #ForeignPolicy hawk, bows to #Trump on #Ukraine

The shift sends another warning sign to #UnitedStates #allies about the #isolationist posture spreading within the #Republican Party

#NATO #Isolationism #Nationalism #GlobalSecurity #NationalSecurity #WhiteChristianNationalism #Republicans #GOP #extremism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/14/lindsey-graham-ukraine-trump/

#POTUS #Biden on Fri unveiled a $106B #aid package that could redefine his #ForeignPolicy legacy w/ the primary goal of mitigating 2 raging international #crises.

The #ForeignAid proposal is a direct challenge to #isolationist voices in the #Republican #GOP & skeptics of US military support for #Israel. It pairs $14B in aid for Israel w/a full year of funding for #Ukraine, ~$61B,

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/20/fact-sheet-white-house-calls-on-congress-to-advance-critical-national-security-priorities/

#EffectiveImmediately California Gov #Newsom rescinds #TravelBan on using CA #taxpayer funds to visit more than half the #UnitedStates. In 2016 #California stopped allowing state-sponsored #travel to 4 US states discriminating against #LGBTQ rights, but had since increased #Isolationist #boycott to 26. Law was doing little to change #PublicPolicy elsewhere, but stifled and complicated state school and other government employees from participating in collaborations, conferences and competitions outside California borders. Newsom will direct money to vague #educational #BridgeProject outreach instead ...

#PaywallFree #GiftLink

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/14/gov-newsom-signs-bill-replacing-californias-state-travel-ban-over-lgbtq-laws-with-outreach-funding/?share=llhtvaptvo9er2i9imne