Mitch McConnell: ‘America First’ Is Foreign Policy ‘Nonsense’

[rangerrebew]

Mitch McConnell: ‘America First’ Is Foreign Policy ‘Nonsense’
 
Sean Moran2 Aug 20241,524
 
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on Friday that the foreign policy vision that former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Trump’s running mate, espouse is “nonsense.”

McConnell has long tried to eliminate the “isolationist” wing’s increasing influence over the Republican Party.


Although he did not directly reference Trump or Vance, McConnell called the “America First” foreign policy doctrine “nonsense.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/02/mitch-mcconnell-america-first-is-foreign-policy-nonsense/

[rangerrebew]

Do he and Chuckie Schumer have a thing going?

[240B]

Mitch McConnell is a bought and paid for, corrupt Globalist fool.

[Free Vulcan]

Yeah those Founders, they were idiots.

[roamer_1]

I am not with the MAGA-ites on foreign policy, and I never will be.

Especially on tariffs. Tariffs are fine if there is an alternative. There is no alternative. That is what to work on. THEN the tariffs might have weight. Right now they are just a tax on the American public.

[jafo2010]

McConnell does NOT represent the American people in any way.  He dislikes everything Trump, and what has he ever done for the people of the USA?  A big fat nothing from my view.  How did this POS ever rise up to prominence?

 

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I am not with the MAGA-ites on foreign policy, and I never will be.

Especially on tariffs. Tariffs are fine if there is an alternative. There is no alternative. That is what to work on. THEN the tariffs might have weight. Right now they are just a tax on the American public.

Back in 1787, it took a month to get people across the Atlantic.  There were no aircraft that could fly over oceans, no intercontinental missiles, and no nuclear weapons. Total war didn't even exist as a national or military concept.

Technology has shrunk the world since 1796, and isolationism is neither practical nor safe now, if it ever was.  Hell, the Brits burned our capital less than 20 years after Washington's speech despite us not having a single foreign alliance at the time.

[Bigun]

Mitch McConnell is a bought and paid for, corrupt Globalist fool.

 

[roamer_1]

Back in 1787, it took a month to get people across the Atlantic.  There were no aircraft that could fly over oceans, no intercontinental missiles, and no nuclear weapons. Total war didn't even exist as a national or military concept.

Technology has shrunk the world since 1796, and isolationism is neither practical nor safe now, if it ever was.  Hell, the Brits burned our capital less than 20 years after Washington's speech despite us not having a single foreign alliance at the time.

That's right... Although 'America First' is a reasonable concept -Depending upon what it means, of course. As it is now, it is little more than a bumper sticker. But invest it with the complexity that would follow the idea of 'We look After Our Own', and you would come against something older, that is not foreign to the American way of life.

But, as I was told long ago by a raving Tumpist - They are not interested in intellectual concepts. They want bumper stickers... And thus the poor design... And why MAGA does not stand up to scrutiny.

They bark for tariffs with absolutely no idea of their unforced error - Having never considered the impact thereof.

[GtHawk]

McConnell does NOT represent the American people in any way.  He dislikes everything Trump, and what has he ever done for the people of the USA?  A big fat nothing from my view.  How did this POS ever rise up to prominence?

 

Well he kept Garland off the USSC, that's something, other than that I agree with you.

[libertybele]

Isn't McConnell supposed to step down in January '25????? 

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Well he kept Garland off the USSC, that's something, other than that I agree with you.

McConnell not only kept Garland off the Supreme Court, but he rammed through Trump's Supreme Court picks despite having a razor thin Senate majority that was dependent on RINO Republicans to confirm those justices.  And there were plenty of conservatives who sneered at McConnell while those things were happening, convinced that he'd fold in the end.  But he didn't.

The only way he was able to accomplish that was because he cashed in all the chips he had accumulated over the years by supporting those RINO's for reelection, and from protecting members from politically damaging votes that wouldn't have made the difference in legislation anyway.

In terms of maximizing votes on critical legislation, McConnell is probably the most effective Senate politician in at least half a century.

[Kamaji]

McConnell not only kept Garland off the Supreme Court, but he rammed through Trump's Supreme Court picks despite having a razor thin Senate majority that was dependent on RINO Republicans to confirm those justices.

The only way he was able to accomplish that was because he cashed in all the chips he had accumulated over the years by supporting those RINO's for reelection, and from protecting members from politically damaging votes that wouldn't have made the difference in legislation anyway.

In terms of maximizing votes on critical legislation, McConnell is probably the most effective Senate politician in at least half a century.

[HikerGuy83]

That's right... Although 'America First' is a reasonable concept -Depending upon what it means, of course. As it is now, it is little more than a bumper sticker. But invest it with the complexity that would follow the idea of 'We look After Our Own', and you would come against something older, that is not foreign to the American way of life.

But, as I was told long ago by a raving Tumpist - They are not interested in intellectual concepts. They want bumper stickers... And thus the poor design... And why MAGA does not stand up to scrutiny.

They bark for tariffs with absolutely no idea of their unforced error - Having never considered the impact thereof.

As I pointed out (and got slammed for it), MAGA is a sales pitch.  It has no structure, clarity, or objectives.  What does American have to be to be "great" ?.........."again" ?

[HikerGuy83]

McConnell not only kept Garland off the Supreme Court, but he rammed through Trump's Supreme Court picks despite having a razor thin Senate majority that was dependent on RINO Republicans to confirm those justices.  And there were plenty of conservatives who sneered at McConnell while those things were happening, convinced that he'd fold in the end.  But he.

The only way he was able to accomplish that was because he cashed in all the chips he had accumulated over the years by supporting those RINO's for reelection, and from protecting members from politically damaging votes that wouldn't have made the difference in legislation anyway.

In terms of maximizing votes on critical legislation, McConnell is probably the most effective Senate politician in at least half a century.

It sucks that it has to be that way.

We elect these clowns and they think we are pieces in a game of Risk.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

It sucks that it has to be that way.

We elect these clowns and they think we are pieces in a game of Risk.

I agree.   But if it is going to be that way, you want your leadership in each chamber to be able to work their members as well as possible.