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U.S. NEWSTuesday 22 March 2016

Trump opens up on his

foreign policy positions

In a lengthy interview with and I’ll be very cognizant of Ukraine, why aren’t they

the editorial board of The of that. But at the same dealing?” he said.

Washington Post, Trump time, our country is disinte- In fact, since the Ukraine

outlined a distinctly non- grating, large sections of it, crisis erupted more than

interventionist approach especially the inner cities.” two years ago, the Obama

for the United States in the Trump has largely avoid- administration has refused

world. ed policy details during to provide the new, pro-

“I do think it’s a different his campaign, focusing Western government in

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the world today, and I don’t instead on boldly stated Kiev offensive military
2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy
Conference at the Verizon Center, on Monday, March 21, 2016, think we should be nation- goals and saying last week equipment to use against
in Washington.
building anymore,” Trump in an interview with MSNBC Russian-backed separat-
Associated Press
told the newspaper. He that his “primary consultant ists.

stressed instead the need is myself.” And while a February 2015

Associated Press of his knowledge of world to invest in infrastructure at “They’re not doing any- ceasefire helped reduce
affairs, delivering a so-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Re- ber speech to a pro-Israel home. thing. And I say: ‘Why is it the worst of the violence,
crowd and outlining for the
publican presidential first time his team of foreign “At what point do you say, that Germany’s not deal- Germany and France led
policy advisers.
front-runner Donald Trump ‘Hey, we have to take care ing with NATO on Ukraine? that mediation effort. The

on Monday confronted of ourselves’?” he said. “So, Why is it that other coun- United States wasn’t di-

doubts about the depth I know the outer world exists tries that are in the vicinity rectly involved.

Trump has also drawn con-

cerns from Jewish leaders

for saying he would at-

tempt to be “neutral” in

the decades-long Israeli-

Palestinian conflict. He

worked to soothe those

worries Monday in a major

speech before the annual

gathering of the American

Israel Public Affairs Com-

mittee.

In a speech delivered from

prepared remarks and a

teleprompter, a rarity for

Trump, he stressed that he

is “a lifelong supporter and

true friend of Israel.”

Trump’s remarks largely fo-

cused on Iran, calling the

deal reached last year

with several world pow-

ers aimed at keeping it

from acquiring nuclear

weapons “catastrophic for

America, for Israel and to

the whole Middle East.”

He also said he would re-

ject any attempt by the

United Nations to impose

conditions on either side

during future peace talks in

the Israeli-Palestinian con-

flict, saying that “it will only

further delegitimize Israel.”