The Democratic contenders hoping to challenge Trump in 2020 all argue the Republican leader’s unorthodox foreign policy approach has endangered American interests. Here is a look at the foreign policy positions of the top Democratic candidates in the race
- The Democratic contenders hoping to challenge President Donald Trump in November 2020 all argue the Republican leader’s unorthodox foreign policy approach has endangered American interests.
Biden supports shoring up traditional alliances such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . He has said he would pursue an extension of the New START nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, which expires in 2021 and which Trump has not committed to extending.Biden has been criticized by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders for his 2003 Senate vote authorizing the Iraq War. He has since said he was misled by the administration of President George W. Bush and later opposed it.
Warren has blasted Trump’s “trade wars” and supports the USMCA, though she agrees with Sanders that it is only a “modest improvement.”Buttigieg studied abroad in England and Tunisia and worked for the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He took time out of his first term as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to deploy to Afghanistan with the U.S. Navy Reserve.
Bloomberg would support an Israel-Palestine peace deal that created an independent Palestinian state only if it ensured Israel’s security and preserved its Jewish character, a campaign spokesman said.
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