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Barbara Boxer: Trump Puts America At Risk And Disrespects Those Who Serve
Trump Puts America At Risk And Disrespects Those Who Serve
Barbara Boxer, Contributor
Former U.S. Senator; Founder, PAC for a Change
10/20/2017 04:48 pm ET
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-puts-america-at-risk-and-disrespects-those-who-serve_us_59ea5ecfe4b0a484d0633dd4
Donald Trump has no foreign policy. His actions and comments on the global stage are just as random, reckless, inconsistent, and incoherent as they are here at home. It’s always, always all about him. He fawns on those foreign leaders who say nice things about him and lashes out savagely at anyone who dares criticize his half-baked spurious nationalism and total disregard for the values that made America the light of the world. But the very randomness of his foreign relations is what makes him so dangerous and makes it increasingly likely that – by accident or design -– he will put our armed forces in harm’s way. And that’s why it is doubly galling that he treats our service members and their families with such disrespect. Some people sign up to serve their country while others dodge. As a not-so-artful dodger, Trump should show some respect to our Gold Star families.
Barbara Boxer, Contributor
Former U.S. Senator; Founder, PAC for a Change
10/20/2017 04:48 pm ET
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-puts-america-at-risk-and-disrespects-those-who-serve_us_59ea5ecfe4b0a484d0633dd4
Donald Trump has no foreign policy. His actions and comments on the global stage are just as random, reckless, inconsistent, and incoherent as they are here at home. It’s always, always all about him. He fawns on those foreign leaders who say nice things about him and lashes out savagely at anyone who dares criticize his half-baked spurious nationalism and total disregard for the values that made America the light of the world. But the very randomness of his foreign relations is what makes him so dangerous and makes it increasingly likely that – by accident or design -– he will put our armed forces in harm’s way. And that’s why it is doubly galling that he treats our service members and their families with such disrespect. Some people sign up to serve their country while others dodge. As a not-so-artful dodger, Trump should show some respect to our Gold Star families.