As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered what was billed as a “major foreign policy speech,” conservative media personalities attacked him on Twitter, calling the speech a “sickening display of revisionism,” asking if the candidate was “medicated” while giving the address, and declaring that “this is why we’ll need a third” party candidate.
The Right-Wing Media Figures Who Did Not Like Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech At All
Written by Nick Fernandez & Cydney Hargis
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Donald Trump Delivers His First “Major” Foreign Policy Speech
CNN: “Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: ‘America First.’” On April 27, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave “a major foreign policy speech” that laid “out his vision for a foreign policy that will put ‘America first,’” according to CNN:
Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered a major foreign policy speech in Washington, laying out his vision for a foreign policy that will put “America first.”
Trump opened his speech Wednesday vowing to “shake the rust off America's foreign policy” and said he would outline a vision for a U.S. foreign policy “that replaces randomness with purpose, ideology with strategy and chaos with peace.” [CNN, 4/27/16]
Right-Wing Media Figures Immediately Mocked Him
Commentary’s Noah Rothman: “This Is Already A Sickening Display Of Revisionism, Cognitive Dissonance, And Unsubstantive Onanism.” In a series of tweets, conservative magazine Commentary magazine’s Noah Rothman criticized Trump’s foreign policy speech:
This is already a sickening display of revisionism, cognitive dissonance, and unsubstantive onanism.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) April 27, 2016
Did anyone vet this speech for contradictions?
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) April 27, 2016
Equating U.S. working with allies who aspire to ascend to NATO membership and Putin invading and annexing European territory is grotesque.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) April 27, 2016
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Reason’s Peter Suderman: “Summary Of Trump’s Big Speech: ‘Foreign Policy! I Alone Can Solve.’”
Summary of Trump's big speech: “Foreign policy! I alone can solve.”
— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) April 27, 2016
[Twitter.com, 4/27/16]
Fox’s Todd Starnes: “Is Donald Medicated?”
Is Donald medicated?
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) April 27, 2016
[Twitter.com, 4/27/16]
Commentary’s John Podhoretz: “This Speech Is Making Trump Seem School-Board-Presidential.”
This speech is making Trump seem school-board-presidential.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) April 27, 2016
[Twitter.com, 4/27/16]
Wash. Post’s Jennifer Rubin: “Conservatives Listening To Trump (Take Fingers Out Of Ears Please): This Is Why We’ll Need Third Cand. Clinton Miles Better Than Trump.”
Coservatives listening to Trump (take fingers out of ears please): This is why we'll need third cand. Clinton miles better than Trump.
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) April 27, 2016
[Twitter.com, 4/27/16]
Washington Examiner’s Al Weaver: “I Feel Like I’m Watching That SNL Skit Of Trump Pushing Domino’s Cheeseburger Pizza As This Trump FP Speech Keeps Going.”
I feel like I'm watching that SNL skit of Trump pushing Domino's Cheeseburger Pizza as this Trump FP speech keeps going
— Al Weaver (@alweaver22) April 27, 2016
[Twitter.com, 4/27/16]
Townhall.com’s Guy Benson: “Questions? ‘On What Continent Is Tanzania?’ ‘I Could Tell You, But We Need To Be Unpredictable Against ISIS.’”
Questions?
“On what continent is Tanzania?”
“I could tell you, but we need to be unpredictable against ISIS.”— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 27, 2016
[Twitter.com, 4/27/16]
Independent Journal’s Andrew Clark: “I’m Gonna Rebuild Our Military And Make China Pay For It.”
i'm gonna rebuild our military and make china pay for it
— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) April 27, 2016
[Twitter.com, 4/27/16]