Berlin – Germany’s foreign minister says Donald Trump’s foreign policy ideas are unclear and contradictory.
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The Republican presidential front-runner declared Wednesday that he would put “America first” as part of his foreign policy if elected.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier responded Thursday by saying he hoped “that the election campaign in the United States doesn’t ignore reality.”
Steinmeier says Trump’s claims “aren’t entirely free of contradictions,” such as when he pledges to “make America great again” and simultaneously suggests the U.S. should withdraw.
Steinmeier said he “couldn’t see a clear line” in Trump’s policies, adding: “It doesn’t seem to be entirely spelled out yet.”
Germany is an economic behemoth, and should pay its fair share, for the cost of its own defense. We don’t needed US troops stationed there, nearly seventy one years after World War Two ended. The same holds true for US troops being stationed in Japan. Our so-called “allies” must dig deeper into their own pockets, and pay more. The same holds true for Saudi Arabia, and South Korea.