Cheney grills Pence on Trump's foreign policy

[ElNono]

Cheney grills Pence on Trump's foreign policy
In a private session, the former vice president told the current one that Trump's policy looks too much like Barack Obama's.

Cheney lit into Vice President Mike Pence behind closed doors over the direction of the Trump administration’s foreign policy, flouting a set of agreed-upon subjects and forcing Pence on the defensive over President Donald Trump’s foreign policy.

The former vice president interviewed Pence at the American Enterprise Ins ute’s annual World Forum in Sea Island, Ga., an off-the-record confab attended by approximately 200 top-dollar Republican donors, lawmakers, and business leaders who flock to the private island every spring.

Cheney pressed Pence about Trump’s proclivity for making major policy announcements on Twitter and his off-and-on commitment to NATO, according to four meeting attendees and a source briefed on their remarks. The former vice president, who has kept a low public profile in recent years, questioned whether Trump places enough value on the findings of the intelligence community, which he has repeatedly and publicly dismissed. He suggested that Trump foreign policy has at times looked more like President Barack Obama’s — which Cheney has repeatedly lambasted — than that of a Republican standard bearer.

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That didn’t stop Cheney from grilling him. Citing what many conservatives derided as Obama’s “apology tour” through the Middle East, Cheney told his successor that, “It seems, at times, as though your administration’s approach has more in common with Obama’s foreign policy than traditional Republican foreign policy,” according to one attendee.

Pence responded by pointing to Trump’s “commitment to rebuilding our military and restoring the arsenal of democracy and noting that the president is “calling on our allies to live up to their commitments to do more.” When Cheney referenced news reports indicating that Trump had agreed to pull American troops out of Syria during a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan without informing key allies, Pence replied that the move had been under discussion for six months and wasn’t “made overnight,” according to a source briefed on the conversation.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...policy-1216663

[ElNono]

...attended by approximately 200 top-dollar donors...

...commitment to rebuilding our military and restoring the arsenal of democracy...

I'm sure democracy itself cried reading about this event...

[ducks]

is still a I see

[DMC]

Skull and Bones meeting tbh

[Psychopav Chump]

Skull and Bones meeting tbh

Conspiracy Theory

[midnightpulp]

If there's one bigger piece-of- than Trump in Washington, it's Cheney. I'm on team Trump here, actually

Pulling out is correct. Tired of this world police horse . I think Trump eventually yields to the neo-con MO. Already talking about cutting safety nets and boosting defense spending.

[Blake]

Cheney went in

[Will Hunting]

If there's one bigger piece-of- than Trump in Washington, it's Cheney. I'm on team Trump here, actually

Pulling out is correct. Tired of this world police horse . I think Trump eventually yields to the neo-con MO. Already talking about cutting safety nets and boosting defense spending.

He’s not just talking about it, he’s already increased defense spending and it quietly received strong bipartisan support. Maybe the Dems are slightly better when it comes to defense spending, but both parties are in the MICs pocket.

[midnightpulp]

He’s not just talking about it,he’s already increased defense spending and it quietly received strong bipartisan support. Maybe the Dems are slightly better when it comes to defense spending, but both parties are in the MICs pocket.

Indeed. He already signed off on the 800 billion dollar defense budget. But the latest proposal is another 200 billion dollar bump at the expense of social programs. rebuilding our military. I wasn't aware it was in need of rebuilding? I thought it was our infrastructure that needed that

[Will Hunting]

Indeed. He already signed off on the 800 billion dollar defense budget. But the latest proposal is another 200 billion dollar bump at the expense of social programs. rebuilding our military. I wasn't aware it was in need of rebuilding? I thought it was our infrastructure that needed that

Our military has 11 aircraft carriers which is 11 more than the rest of the world put together, but we could probably use a few more in case WWII ever happened again and we needed to have control over the Pacific Ocean’s airspace

[UncleDennis]

I guess there hasn't been enough of those never ending pointless wars, nation building and foreign meddling for good ole Cheney. Why sit down and talk to leaders when we got thousands of missiles just sitting around 'amirite?

ing guy is just still angry that Trump all over him and Low Energy's brother for sinking the US into all this never ending . Can't cut and run, can't stay, they just completely ed everything up even worse and now it's time to double down on all that ?! Crazy.

[baseline bum]

Our military has 11 aircraft carriers which is 11 more than the rest of the world put together, but we could probably use a few more in case WWII ever happened again and we needed to have control over the Pacific Ocean’s airspace