Trump Quotes by Richard N. Haass

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Richard N. Haass provides a concise, diplomatic viewpoint on Trump’s international posture, weighing the ripple effects on alliances and global stability. The collection offers a quick yet insightful glimpse into his strategic thinking.

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Trump's foreign policy is not so much immoral as it is amoral.

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Shockingly enough, what people say during campaigns is meant to increase the odds they get elected.

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Donald Trump's United States is not isolationist. He has authorized the use of limited military force against the Syrian government in a…

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The political world is defined by relationships rather than transactions, and by numerous actors at home and abroad with independent power. Navigating…

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If Trump, for whatever reason, continues to coddle Russia, then Congress, the media, foundations, and academics should publicly detail the corruption that…

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American presidents get to make lots of choices, with one critical exception: what awaits them in the in-box on top of the…

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Campaigning and governing are two very different activities, and there is no reason to assume that how Trump conducted the former will…

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What is obvious is that Donald Trump is comfortable with an approach to running his presidency based on what worked for him…

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Trump is the first post-World War II American president to view the burdens of world leadership as outweighing the benefits.

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Donald Trump is much more suspicious of international institutions; much more skeptical of the contributions that America's traditional allies have made; more…

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I think what Mr. Trump has made clear is that he would not undertake optional wars, what I have called wars of…

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I think Hillary Clinton is more suspicious, clearly tougher on Russian policy in Ukraine, Georgia, Syria; more willing to support sanctions; not…

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The reason I called the president Donald Trump a disrupter is that he came into office 70 years after World War II,…

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Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort…

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There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is.

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Security is the absolute precondition for sustainable recovery from conflict; without it, people cannot rebuild their country or return to school or work.

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Americans never would alter the way entitlement programs are funded or education administered without serious study and widespread debate.

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Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation.

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America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally.

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No amount of sanctioning will persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, nor will China step up and solve the problem for us.

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Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use.

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No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option.

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The rise of populism is in part a response to stagnating incomes and job loss, owing mostly to new technologies but widely attributed to…

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We all have some basic obligation to one another.

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What countries must do to join the World Trade Organization is precisely what they must do to become productive and democratic: accept the rule…

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I believe in diplomacy; I don't believe in talking to... that talking to Iran somehow constitutes a concession or a favour.

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I've worked for four presidents, and I've concluded that almost nothing is inevitable. History is to a significant extent the result of the interaction…

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