The Kentucky senator emphasized the need for the U.S. to demonstrate greater commitment to alliances such as NATO
Outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to criticize President-elect Donald Trump's foreign policies during a speech on Saturday.The Kentucky senator spoke out against 'isolationism' and praised the 'power of alliances' while accepting an honorary 'Peace Through Strength' award at the Reagan National Defense Forum. Around the same time, in an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press over the weekend, Trump said he was open to pulling the U.S.
During his remarks, McConnell described a 'new era of great power competition,' warning that 'influential voices want to leave the lessons of the last such competition, the Cold War, at the door.''At both ends of our politics, a dangerous fiction is taking hold—that America's primacy and the fruits of our leadership are self-sustaining.
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