Hours after returning home from the 12-day trip to Asia, President Donald Trump said that his “America First” foreign policy restored strength and respect to the U.S. on world stage. Trump stated that he made real progress by uniting the world against North Korea and insisting on reciprocal trade from Asian nations.
“America’s renewed confidence and standing in the world has never been stronger than it is right now. This is exactly what the world saw: a strong, proud and confident America,” Trump stated.
The president did not want to answer questions related to the sexual assault scandal swirling around Roy S. Moore, who is a nominee of the Republican Party for Senate in a special election next month, The New York Times reports. Trump’s speech was full of positive assessments for the trip.
“My fellow citizens, America is back and the future has never looked brighter,” the president said. Trump added that he is working to reduce the country’s large trade deficits with the trading partners in the region and added that from now on he would insist on fair and reciprocal trade, The Hill reported.
“That is why we have almost an $800 billion a year trade deficit with other nations. Unacceptable,” Trump said, but did not sketch out the measures to achieve that. According to the critics, Trump has abandoned the status of the United States as a global superpower by retreating from trade agreements and by backing out of the Paris climate accord. He is accused by his political rivals that he is straining the relations with the allies in NATO while embracing despots like the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“He is so easily played by foreign leaders, so transparently susceptible to flattery. It clearly has undermined the reputation of the United Sates, the credibility of the United State,” said Eliot A. Cohen.
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