Trump declares end to US 'policeman' role

[left-of-center2012]

President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq ... to declare an end to America's role as the global "policeman."

It's not fair when the burden is all on us," he said. "We don't want to be taken advantage of any more by countries that use us and use our incredible military to protect them. They don't pay for it and they're going to have to."

"We are spread out all over the world. We are in countries most people haven't even heard about. Frankly, it's ridiculous," he added.

The president has made disentangling America from its wars a priority since his 2016 election and he said in Iraq that the US would no longer be treated as "suckers".

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/12/27/trump-declares-end-to-us-policeman-role-in-surprise-iraq-visit.html

[ExciteBike66]

1. Ok, but what have you done for the past two years on this issue?

I'm all for ending our little spec ops deployments to various places, but I don't think we should quit NATO just because some members pay 1.8% of GDP instead of 2%.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Putin ordered him to do this.

But until you FIFTY MILLION fucking NO GOOD TRAITORS stop being traitors, we cant STOP HIM from DESTROYING our country.

[marybourg]

3. The tRump Doctrine

[Wounded Bear]

4. Corporate America is not gonna like this...

after all, most of our "international policeman" mission is for protecting American corporate interests overseas. Many of the SEAL/black ops operations involve rescuing corporate hostages and shit.

In some ways, I kind of support the whole "let's get our military home" line. But the truth is, many in the CEO class are not going to like that they'll have to go to the Blackwater types and actually pay for their overseas security going forward.

[KCDebbie]

5. If we won't be the world's Policeman anymore than

We won't need to spend $600 billion a year on defense anymore. We will only need to spend far less than half that amount and the difference can go to paying teachers, building schools, funding health care...

[Just a Weirdo]

8. Deep cuts to the military budget to 50 billion a year.

The rest are put back into Education and Labor and Health

[Docreed2003]

6. "They don't pay for it..."

So now we're putting our military services up for the highest bidder??

[sinkingfeeling]

7. All rightee, then let's close all those bases on foreign soil and cut the

Pentagon's budget by 50 to 60%.

[NastyRiffraff]

9. I hate that stupid smirk of his

Hell, I hate everything about him, including his teensy hands.