Do diplomacy in any recognisable form. A clear strategy, a consistent message, they dont feature in the trump toolkit. It is that he can threaten north korea with war, while at the same time describing kim jong un as a smart cookie who it would be an honour to meet. What does it all mean . My guess is christopher hill, a senior us diplomat under three president s and a former lead negotiator On North Korea. Could trumps unpredictable approach to Foreign Policy actually work . Christopher hill, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Lets start with the general point about President Trump and his Foreign Policy making style. Admittedly, we only have 100 and a few more days tojudge him on. To what extent do you think it is breaking off the norms of Foreign Policy leadership . He is certainly breaking with the norms in terms of a virtual lack of staff. He has a Secretary Of State, a secretary of defence and there is not much in between. You get the impression that when he say
What should be done about ptsd, Sexual Assault in the military. Well bring what you each candidate said. Lets get started with some of the highlights from the hour. When people like me press you for details like that gentleman just. On, what your plan is, you very often say, im not going to give you the details because i want to be unpredictable. Absolutely the word is unpredictable. Yesterday you told us a little about your plan in your speech. You said this. Quote, were going to convene my top generals and they will have 30 dies submit a plan for soundly and quickly defeating isis. So is the plan youve been hiding this whole time asking someone else for their plan . No. But when do i come one a plan that i like and that perhaps agrees with mine, or maybe doesnt, i may love what the generals come back with. You have your own plan. I have a plan but i dont want look. I have a very substantial chance of winning. Make America Great again. Were going to make America Great again. I have a
if you doubt that, consider the latest policy idea that has been endorsed in some form or the other by almost all the front-runners for the republican presidential nomination. effectively declaring war on mexico s drug cartels. donald trump plans to wage war and impose a full naval embargo on them. senator tim scott wants to use the world s greatest military to solve the problem. a recent poll found strong support for military action among gop primary voters so expect to see more such wild statements. the problem that needs to be addressed is real and tragic. more than 70,000 people in the united states died from synthetic opioid overdoses in 2021, last year for which we have data. the leading synthetic opioid is fentanyl. these are postally made by cartels in mexico. but the idea that using american
mexico. the idea of using american military force would solve the problem is delusional. first, it would be an act of war against mexico. that country s government has been clear that it is utterly opposed to any use of the american military to deal with its drug problem, and if it were to be persuaded otherwise, the worst way to proceed would be for american politicians to proclaim that they intend to use force regardless of what the mexican government thinks. this kind of rhetoric is a gift to mexico s populous president andres manuel lopez obrador which will use it to gin up anti-american sentiment in his country. second, it won t work. has senator scott reflected that the world s biggest military was unable to stop the drug trade in afghanistan, a country that it occupied for 20 years. the problems in mexico would be even greater than afghanistan.