Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday outlined his approach to foreign policy, providing the latest glimpse into how his administration would approach issues such as peace building and trade.
Coming off a five-state victory in Tuesday night’s primary elections, the business tycoon-turned-politician is inching closer to grasping his party’s nomination for president of the United States, and in his speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., criticized U.S. foreign policy for focusing on “nation building,” specifically in the Middle East.
Trump said that chaos and the rise of Islamic State group in the Middle East “all began with a dangerous idea that we could make Western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interest in becoming a Western democracy.”
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Jeff is a former global development reporter for Devex. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers multilateral affairs, U.S. aid, and international development trends. He has worked with human rights organizations in both Senegal and the U.S., and prior to joining Devex worked as a production assistant at National Public Radio. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and French from the University of Rochester.
