rather, it s a global issue for the united states, because after the president attacked nato and stirred doubt about whether we d support our nato allies, now he s threatening to walk away from the kurds, said he was going to do it. alliances are critical. the president himself said, we can t be the world s policeman. well, if we don t want to be the world s policeman, you better have some other cops on the beat. and we need allies. and we are alienating them as fast as president trump can. yeah, i mean, it s one of the things, in afghanistan, our troops for years have been trying to do, is get people, afghans off the fence and try to convince them that, you know, that we have their back for the long-term, this certainly sends, as you said, a message to the kurds, and they have been fighting with u.s. interests for, you know, and a lot of loss of life on the side of the kurds. but i mean, either isis is defeated or it s not. how are the american people supposed to know what to believ
president lines up with barack obama and democrats like barack obama in the notion of america shouldn t be the world s policeman. and it s why donald trump is completely at odds with everybody except rand paul in his party on capitol hill, and they have been criticizing him like we haven t seen them criticize him about anything. about russia, about spending, about anything. until he announced that he was going to pull troops out of syria. and he did appeal to a new kind of voter, and he did appeal to the changing feeling among republican voters, never mind new republican trump voters. and april, i mean, as you know, it s not only the decision to pull out. it s the way the president did it. because had he given a speech and said, you know, we re going to have this plan and we re going to do this and we re not going to be the policeman of the world. by just firing off a tweet and announcing a policy of this magnitude, which apparently triggered the resignation of his defense secretary,
at home as you go abroad. traveling right now is you have to be careful where you re going and feeling safe about it. especially taking your wife and kids. that s the world we live in. that s why it s so important for america to regain its strength and be at that position at the top. that leader that everybody else looks to. we can t be the world s policeman. we can certainly be that country, that nation, that government that people can turn to in times of real need and know they ll be there. congressman, is it your sense yesterday at this time that secretary of state rex tillerson was looking at iran and citing incidents of provocative behavior, whether encouraging rebels in yemen to help overthrow the saudi government or help in disarray in syria, that maybe that consistent pattern of bad behavior is something that should have us
shouldn t be the world s policeman. is he changing his mind? cnn has a look. reporter: new warnings from china. as tensions rise with north korea, the chinese foreign minister warning that if war breaks out, quote, there will be losses on all sides. russia, iraq and syria also issue warnings to the u.s. about new strikes in syria. the threats follow president trump s decision to launch two major military strikes, in afghanistan and syria. we have the greatest military in the world and they ve done a job as usual. so we have given them total authorization. and that s what they re doing. and frankly, that s why they ve been so successful lately. reporter: the display of military might a message to u.s. enemies and their supporters. and what is quickly becoming a hallmark of trump s emerging foreign policy. president trump has given much more leeway to his military
the kingdom too much and getting too little in return wrinkled some in the gulf. there is a distinct sense that actions matter more than words sbrch. we have to wait and see what trump will do. there has been great concern in saudi arabia. some of the rhetoric, again, mostly rhetoric. reporter: that stands for justice against sponsors of terrorism act and allows u.s. families of 9/11 victims to sue over alleged involvement over the terror attack. saudi arabia denied any link. and legislation which trump supported is souring the mood when it comes to america. on the campaign trail, trump threatened to stop importing saudi arabia oil. he wanted independence from america s foes and energy cartels. the president-elect has pledged to stop acting like the world s