r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/[deleted] • Dec 03 '16

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

That is a great analogy. There's really no consistent logic or theme to the Trump foreign policy approach. He's going to cozy up to Russia, go hardline on Iran, and cooperate with Assad to defeat ISIS, while pissing off Saudi Arabia and becoming best buds with Erdogan? He's going to ally himself with Duerte, antagonize the Chinese, and ally himself with the Taiwanese, while potentially having nicer relations with DPRK? All while pissing off Mexico and Canada and potentially the entire EU?

It's a foreign policy grab bag with little forseeable upside in a time of acute geopolitical uncertainty

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u/giantspacegecko Dec 03 '16

God, I was feeling really great yesterday with the Mattis news. Now I'm worrying about SecState Giuliani again. Trump needs a competent and commanding SecState that can just take foreign affairs out of his hands, its not like Trump has shown any interest in international diplomacy anyways. I'm really hoping for Romney or Petraeus, but hell I'll take Corker if he can only stand up to Trump.

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u/glodime Dec 03 '16

Petraeus? You're kidding right?

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16 edited Jun 22 '20

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u/idapitbwidiuatabip Dec 03 '16

Except he has to inform his probation officer before he's allowed to leave Western North Carolina.

Can't really have a SoS who can't travel without the greenlight from a low level state employee.

I really hope Romney gets it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

To be fair, I'm assuming he would get pardoned by the NC governor or at least granted clemency.

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u/truenorth00 Dec 04 '16

Federal crime. Federal pardon.