FOREIGN POLICY AND RELATIONS
Clinton
Clinton believes in using all available tools to communicate during foreign policy issues including “diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal, and cultural” tools. She believes that creating more opportunities at home through innovation and education will help to strengthen our nation when it comes to foreign relations. She wants to continue to strengthen relationships with allies while also coming down strong on those against us including Iran, China, Russia, and ISIS. Clinton’s main objective is to limit the amount of wartime combat and deal with foreign relations in a diplomatic way.
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Johnson
Johnson holds the stance that the United States should not be the world’s police force. He believes that most of the issues with Islamic terrorism that our country faces today is because of our nation’s previous engagements in trying to fix other countries. Johnson believes that simply putting more “boots on the ground” will not fix any wartime issues. He promises to only send troops overseas after a lengthy discussion and approval from Congress. Johnson wants the use the money that is spent on overseas endeavors on issues here at home, making the country stronger from the inside.
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Trump
Trump’s foreign policy, in a nutshell, is a bigger, faster, and stronger military. He is not afraid to jump into a military engagement if the situation deems necessary. However, he does want to narrow the United States’ involvement in other countries. He explains that our nation has spent a pretty penny ($4 trillion to be categorically exact) to “topple other countries’ leaders.” He argues if that money was used, instead, as an investment in our own country’s infrastructures, that we would be better off as a nation. He also wants to renegotiate contracts with countries like Japan and Germany, who we currently offer protection as reciprocity for our presence. Trump’s biggest talking points seem to be ISIS, who he promises to eliminate swiftly and through military intervention, and coordinating talks with China and Russia to help foster cooperation and understanding. His foreign policy mission promises to make things better by making our military stronger and scarier to enemies.
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