{"id":136739,"date":"2018-06-12T18:18:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T00:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136739"},"modified":"2018-06-12T18:49:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T00:49:42","slug":"were-america-bitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/12\/were-america-bitch.html","title":{"rendered":"“We’re America, Bitch!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Witness various senior Administration folk trying to sum up the Trump Doctrine on foreign policy, which the post title is the most provocative example of.<\/p>\n

Then there’s “Permanent destabilization creates American advantage,” because being the erratic drunkard down the street who occasionally shoots his gun at the moon and\/or passing cars is just<\/i> what we want to be and do. Oderint dum metuant.<\/i><\/p>\n

Also suggested: “No Friends, No Enemies” — treating everyone on a transactional, cash-and-carry basis (“What are you doing for me this week?”), because … well, why should<\/i>\u00a0we treat Canada any different from Russia, or the UK on a different basis than China? After all, we’re America,<\/i> and have no need to worry about having allies, because who would dare be an enemy to us?<\/p>\n

Sigh. And to think, at one time, the GOP were all gung-ho for Reagan and his “Shining City on a Hill” metaphor for America’s place in the world. What the hell happened?<\/p>\n


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\nA Senior White House Official Defines the Trump Doctrine: \u2018We\u2019re America, Bitch\u2019<\/a><\/span>
\nThe president believes that the United States owes nothing to anyone\u2014especially its allies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Witness various senior Administration folk trying to sum up the Trump Doctrine on foreign policy, which the post title is the most provocative example of. 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