Donald Trump has said he’d think about a freeze on oil purchases from Saudi Arabia unless it dedicated to fighting ISIL in Syria.
The Republican frontrunner said the U.S. had suffered “tremendous monetary hits” in the combat the Islamic State of Iraq and also the Levant (ISIL), which was here we are at the Saudi kingdom to create a contribution.
In the very first real insight into his foreign policy views, Trump painted a picture of the America coming apart at the seams that may no more manage to be the policeman around the globe.
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He accused everyone from Arab countries to NATO of “ripping off” america, by relying on the country for their security.
Trump also said the Brussels terror attacks showed that Europe wasn’t any longer a “safe place.”
“We protect countries, and take tremendous monetary hits on protecting countries,” he told the brand new York Times.
Singling out Saudi Arabia, he said the nation “wouldn’t be around” had it not benefited from the “cloak of American protection.” To readdress the total amount Saudi Arabia should deploy ground troops to fight Isil in Syria and Iraq, or “substantially reimburse” america. He went on to suggest America could force the kingdom’s hand by refusing to buys its oil.
Trump rejected the concept he holds an isolationist view, preferring to cast himself as “America first.”
