Donald Trump administration

John Bolton

Inserted 1 month ago

“Trump, when he has an idea, comes back to it again and again, then gets distracted, forgets, but eventually comes back to it and acts on it. That's why leaving Nato is a real possibility. A lot of people think it's just a negotiating tool, but I don't think so.”

Theguardian

Former US National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019

30 Mar 2024 2 3

Hua Chunying

Inserted 3 years ago

“The severe damage to China-US relations over the past four years was caused precisely because the Trump administration made fundamental mistakes in its strategic perception of China. The Trump administration viewed China as its biggest strategic competitor, or enemy, leading to various means to interfere in China’s internal affairs and every effort to suppress, slander and smear China. I think the new administration should serve the wishes of the people, view China in a rational and objective light, and work with China on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit to put China-US relations back on the track of healthy and stable development as soon as possible.”

Aljazeera

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

20 Jan 2021 3 6

Hillary Mann Leverett

Inserted 3 years ago

“Trump’s approach to foreign policy was a bit like President [Richard] Nixon’s. The underlying ethos shared by both leaders is that countries aren’t friends with each other. Countries have interests; they don’t have friends. I think Trump did have this sense that he could follow Nixon’s playbook, that he could be a hard-charging realist, and he could get important deals like Nixon’s opening to China. At the end of the day, whether he didn’t have the intellectual depth, he didn’t have the people around him he needed, or he just couldn’t keep his eye on the goal - he just wasn’t able to deliver any of those things.”

Aljazeera

Founder of political consultancy group Stratega

18 Jan 2021 2 3

James Carafano

Inserted 3 years ago

“We live in a realist world, where power really, really matters. And countries that are looking to be safe, free and prosperous in that world, they’re going to base their political judgments and their geopolitical judgments on power relationships. I did think [Trump’s] foreign policy was largely based on realism – and I think people confuse that with something like rampant self-interest or isolationism.”

Aljazeera

National security and foreign policy expert at the conservative Heritage Foundation

18 Jan 2021 2 2

Jean-Yves Le Drian

Inserted 3 years ago

“The Trump administration chose what it called the 'maximum pressure' campaign on Iran. The result was that this strategy only increased the risk and the threat. This has to stop because Iran and - I say this clearly - is in the process of acquiring nuclear [weapons] capacity. Tough discussions will be needed over ballistic proliferation and Iran's destabilization of its neighbors in the region.”

Rferl

Foreign Minister of France

17 Jan 2021 5 3

Jin Choi

Inserted 3 years ago

“Variables in inter-Korean relations in the final phase of a presidency are not very effective because they can cause political controversy. It is difficult to expect a big breakthrough in inter-Korean relations at this point. With the new Biden administration, it is hard to expect Trump-style top-down diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula.”

Koreatimes

Director of the Institute of Presidential Leadership in Seoul

11 Jan 2021 6 3

Patrick Gaspard

Inserted 3 years ago

“When I served this nation overseas, we were constantly issuing pronouncements about the peaceful transition of power and the need to protect the democratic will of the people. Donald Trump and his radical movement have done deep damage to America’s standing as a democratic beacon.”

Theguardian

Former US ambassador to South Africa under President Barack Obama and later the president of the Open Society Foundations

07 Jan 2021 3 2

Donald Trump

Inserted 3 years ago

“I simply want to get our great people $2000, rather than the measly $600 that is now in the bill. Also, stop the billions of dollars in 'pork'.”

Twitter

President of the United States of America

26 Dec 2020 1 5

Donald Trump

Inserted 3 years ago

“Made many calls and had meetings at Trump International in Palm Beach, Florida. Why would politicians not want to give people $2000, rather than only $600? It wasn’t their fault, it was China. Give our people the money!”

Twitter

President of the United States of America

25 Dec 2020 0 3

Donald Trump

Inserted 3 years ago

“Unfortunately, the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions. It is a ‘gift’ to China and Russia. I have been clear in my opposition to politically motivated attempts like this to wash away history and to dishonor the immense progress our country has fought for in realizing our founding principles. Your failure to terminate the very dangerous national security risk of Section 230 will make our intelligence virtually impossible to conduct without everyone knowing what we are doing at every step.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States of America

23 Dec 2020 4 2

Natasha Kassam

Inserted 3 years ago

“I think Trump is [now] shoring up a legacy of having decisively shifted Washington’s policy towards China. Trump likely also sees it in his interest to not allow an incoming democratic administration to soften those positions. I’m not sure if he’s leaving diplomatic landmines or tying [Biden’s] hands.”

Theguardian

Research fellow at the Lowy Institute

23 Nov 2020 4 2

Li Haidong

Inserted 3 years ago

“With the extension of the legacy of the Obama administration on foreign affairs, Blinken, along with Biden's team on foreign affairs, will also lead the US back to engagement with Asia-Pacific. This could involve some of the tactics of Obama to 'stir up some troubles' among China's neighboring countries. Compared to Trump's barbaric style of dealing with China, Biden will take a much more 'civilized' manner with a much more clever approach, but it won't change the nature of the longstanding rivalry between the two countries.”

Globaltimes

Professor at the Institute of International Relations at the China Foreign Affairs University

23 Nov 2020 4 4

Diao Daming

Inserted 3 years ago

“Given his [Blinken's] previous rhetoric on China-related issues and his past experience, his stance is softer than that of the current administration, which is likely to create a positive environment for the China-US relationship. He won't be as provocative as the Trump administration on some of the issues of concern, like the Taiwan question, but the Democrats may take the island as an example on ideological matters.”

Globaltimes

Associate professor at the Renmin University of China in Beijing

23 Nov 2020 4 4

Steven Pifer

Inserted 3 years ago

“US today leaves Open Skies Treaty, one more blow inflicted by #Trump administration on arms control. Incoming #Biden administration should seek to rejoin treaty.”

Twitter

Non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative

22 Nov 2020 4 2

John Bolton

Inserted 3 years ago

“The president does not have a philosophy. He is not a conservative. He doesn't pursue a grand strategy. He doesn't think about what we conventionally mean when we use the word 'policy'. When trade matters are not roiling the waters between the U.S. and Canada, he tends to think about himself, which is his default position. Trump did not make decisions on the basis of weighing the pros and cons of the options available to him, or by doing cost-benefit analysis. He decides on an ad-hoc basis, often based on what he believed the political ramifications would be in the United States.”

Cbc

United States Former National Security Advisor

02 Nov 2020 2 3

Nancy Pelosi

Inserted 3 years ago

“The president is delusional when he says we've turned the corner on this [coronavirus pandemic]. We haven't. We have miles to go.”

Thehill

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

23 Oct 2020 3 3

Joe Biden

Inserted 3 years ago

“He’s quit on America. He just wants us to grow numb. I’m not going to shut down the economy. I’m not going to shut down the country. I’m going to shut down the virus.”

Reuters

Trump’s rival for the White House

23 Oct 2020 4 5

Donald Trump

Inserted 3 years ago

“Portland is a mess, and it has been for many years. If this joke of a mayor doesn’t clean it up, we will go in and do it for them!”

Reuters

President of the United States

31 Aug 2020 0 2

Kamala Harris

Inserted 3 years ago

“All we needed was a competent president. One who was willing to listen, willing to lead, take responsibility, have a plan, do their job. Donald Trump has failed at the most basic and important job of a president of the United States. It’s his obligation to protect us. Yet, he has failed miserably.”

Cnbc

Democratic vice presidential nominee

27 Aug 2020 1 3

Donald Trump

Inserted 3 years ago

“As part of this commitment, earlier today I signed a proclamation that defends American industry by re-imposing aluminum tariffs on Canada. Canada was taking advantage of us, as usual, and I signed it, and it imposes — because the aluminum business was being decimated by Canada. Very unfair to our jobs and our great aluminum workers.”

Whitehouse

President of the United States

06 Aug 2020 2 3

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“Trump, when he has an idea, comes back to it again and again, then gets distracted, forgets, but eventually comes back to it and acts on it. That's why leaving Nato is a real possibility. A lot of people think it's just a negotiating tool, but I don't think so.”

“When I served this nation overseas, we were constantly issuing pronouncements about the peaceful transition of power and the need to protect the democratic will of the people. Donald Trump and his radical movement have done deep damage to America’s standing as a democratic beacon.”

“I simply want to get our great people $2000, rather than the measly $600 that is now in the bill. Also, stop the billions of dollars in 'pork'.”

“Made many calls and had meetings at Trump International in Palm Beach, Florida. Why would politicians not want to give people $2000, rather than only $600? It wasn’t their fault, it was China. Give our people the money!”

“US today leaves Open Skies Treaty, one more blow inflicted by #Trump administration on arms control. Incoming #Biden administration should seek to rejoin treaty.”

“The president is delusional when he says we've turned the corner on this [coronavirus pandemic]. We haven't. We have miles to go.”

“He’s quit on America. He just wants us to grow numb. I’m not going to shut down the economy. I’m not going to shut down the country. I’m going to shut down the virus.”

“Portland is a mess, and it has been for many years. If this joke of a mayor doesn’t clean it up, we will go in and do it for them!”

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