Source: BBC
US President Barack Obama has said that international leaders “have good reason to be rattled” by pronouncements made by the Republican White House contender, Donald Trump.
Speaking on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan, Mr Obama said Mr Trump had shown a cavalier and ignorant attitude towards world affairs.
Mr Obama said foreign leaders were surprised by his nomination.
Mr Trump said it was a “good thing” foreign leaders were rattled.
“They are not sure how seriously to take some of his pronouncements, but they’re rattled by him – and for good reason, because a lot of the proposals that he’s made display either ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude,” the president said.
Donald Trump’s foreign policy pronouncements
- China is “raping” the US with its trade policy (May 2016)
- Relations with Russia and China will be improved “from a position of strength” (April 2016)
- China’s membership of the World Trade Organisation has been a “total disaster” for the US, as has Nafta, a free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico (April 2016)
- Iran “cannot be allowed” to get a nuclear weapon (April 2016)
- America’s allies are not paying their fair share of defence costs, especially Nato and Asian countries benefitting from US military support (April 2016)
- South Korea and Japan might need to develop their own nuclear arsenals (April 2016)
- Americans have “no choice” but to deploy 20,000-30,000 troops to Syria and Iraq to fight the Islamic State group (IS) (March 2016)
- The US should consider pulling out troops from Japan and South Korea if they did not pay the US more (March 2016)
- The US may stop buying oil from Saudi Arabia if Riyadh did not send troops to fight IS (March 2016)
Donald Trump’s foreign policy assessed
Trump’s foreign policy: Brilliant or bluster?
“[He only has] an interest in getting tweets and headlines instead of actually thinking through what it is that is required to keep America safe and secure and prosperous, and what’s required to keep the world on an even keel.”
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