2020 Conventions: on Foreign Policy

Mike Pompeo: America First policy may not be popular, but it's worked

As Susan's husband and Nick's dad, Susan and Nick are more safe and their freedoms more secure because President Trump has put his America First vision into action. It may not have made him popular in every foreign capitol, but its worked. Delivering on this duty to keep us safe and our freedoms intact, this president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world. Source: Speech at 2020 Republican National Convention Aug 25, 2020

Mike Pompeo: We exposed aggression of Chinese Communist Party

He's pulled back the curtain on the predatory aggression of the Chinese Communist Party. The president has held China accountable for covering up the China virus and allowing it to spread death and economic destruction in America and around the world. He has ensured that the Chinese Community Party's spies posing as diplomats in America are jailed or sent back to China and he has ended the ridiculously unfair trade arrangement with China that punched a hole in our economy. Source: Speech at 2020 Republican National Convention Aug 25, 2020

Mike Pompeo: Against all odds got North Korean leadership to the table

In North Korea, the president lowered the temperature and against all odds got the North Korean leadership to the table. No nuclear tests, no long range missile tests, and Americans held captive in North Korea came home to their families, as did the prec Source: Speech at 2020 Republican National Convention Aug 25, 2020

Nikki Haley: Cast American veto at UN over Jerusalem embassy critics

Obama and Biden led the United Nations to denounce our friend and ally, Israel. President Trump moved our embassy to Jerusalem, and when the U.N. tried to condemn us, I was proud to cast the American veto. Source: Speech at 2020 Republican National Convention Aug 25, 2020

Joe Biden: The days of cozying up to dictators is over

[Excerpts of DNC speech]: "What we know about this president is that if he's a president who takes no responsibility. Refuses to lead. Blames others," Biden said. "Cozies up to dictators and fans the flames of hate and division."

"I take very personally and the profound responsibility of serving as commander in chief," Biden said. "I'll be a president who will stand with our allies and friends and make it clear to our adversaries the days of cozying up to dictators is over."

Source: D.Brennan/Newsweek on 2020 Democratic National Convention Aug 21, 2020

John Kerry: Trump turned world of respect into world of chaos

Trump withdrew from the Iran deal and the Paris Agreement, which he slammed as diplomatic mistakes that gained nothing for the U.S. He withdrew troops from Syria as the threat from the Islamic State subsided. "In fact, what Donald Trump inherited, which was this growing economy and a world of respect, he has turned into a world of chaos literally," Kerry told reporters. "Our nation and the world, with respect to all of these critical priorities, is at much greater risk as a result of this." Source: B.Jansen in USA Today: 2020 Democratic National Convention Aug 21, 2020

Democratic Party: America First foreign policy has made America small

It has revealed, at tragic economic and human cost, the emptiness of the Republican Party's "America First" foreign policy. Under President Trump, America stands alone. Friends and foes alike neither admire nor fear President Trump's leadership--they dismiss and ridicule it. The Republican Party under President Trump has made America small--when we are a people called to do the greatest things. Democrats still believe in the American idea--its principles, its purpose, and its promise. Source: Democratic Party Platform adopted at 2020 Convention Jul 27, 2020

Democratic Party: In global crisis, American leadership needed more than ever

Democrats believe that American security and prosperity are enhanced when the United States leads in shaping the rules and steering the institutions that guide international relations. Instead of walking away, Democrats believe the United States should lead the way and mobilize our partners to work in common cause. In a global public health crisis and a global democratic recession, American leadership is needed more than ever. Source: Democratic Party Platform adopted at 2020 Convention Jul 27, 2020

Green Party: Supports a Palestinian right of return, and a single state

We reaffirm the right and feasibility of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes in Israel.
We acknowledge the significant challenges of equity and restitution this policy would encounter and call on the U.S. government to make resolution of these challenges a central goal of our diplomacy in the region.
We support a U.S. foreign policy that promotes the creation of one secular, democratic state for Palestinians and Israelis on the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan as the national home of both peoples, with Jerusalem as its capital.
We encourage a new U.S. diplomatic initiative to begin the long process of negotiation, laying the groundwork for such a single-state constitution.

Source: Green Party Platform at 2020 Green National Convention Jul 9, 2020

Green Party: Self-determination for Kurdish people

The Kurdish people are the largest ethnic group in the world that is without an independent state. As a result, Kurdish people have historically suffered persecution and injustice. The Kurdish people have been besieged to the point of a current humanitarian crisis in towns such as Kobani, Syria. The GPUS expresses solidarity for and affirms the right to self-determination, self-defense, communal autonomy, freedom from persecution, and release of political prisoners for the Kurdish population. Source: Green Party Platform at 2020 Green National Convention Jul 9, 2020

Green Party: Member of the community of nations; not above it

We strongly feel that our country should view itself as a member of the community of nations... not above it. The United States could well play a leadership role in that community but only if we become committed to an eco-social vision of peace, national self-determination, and international cooperation. Source: Green Party Platform at 2020 Green National Convention Jul 9, 2020

Constitution Party: NATO serves no US defense purpose; we should withdraw

The United States is committed by treaty to defend foreign nations in all parts of the world, and by agreements other than treaties to defend more. We call upon the President, and Congress, to immediately commence a systematic withdrawal from these treaties and agreements, each of which holds the potential to plunge America into war in some far-flung corner of the earth. NATO serves no defensive purpose for the United States, and this country should withdraw from it. Source: Constitution Party Platform at 2020 Convention May 2, 2020

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