{"id":202135,"date":"2016-03-28T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=202135"},"modified":"2016-03-28T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T06:00:50","slug":"trump-laments-ripped-off-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/trump-laments-ripped-off-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump laments ‘ripped off’ America"},"content":{"rendered":"
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has vowed to pursue an “America First” foreign policy, saying many nations, including allies, “ripped off” the US.<\/p>\n
The frontrunner for the Republican nomination for the November election was speaking to the New York Times.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump said he would consider pulling out troops from Japan and South Korea if they did not pay the US more.<\/p>\n
He said he might stop buying oil from Saudi Arabia if it did not send troops to fight so-called Islamic State.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump insisted he was “not isolationist” but “America First”.<\/p>\n
He said: “We have been disrespected, mocked, and ripped off for many, many years by people that were smarter, shrewder, tougher.<\/p>\n
“We were the big bully, but we were not smartly led. And we were the big bully who was the big, stupid bully and we were systematically ripped off by everybody.”<\/p>\n
Nato ‘obsolete’<\/strong><\/p>\n The thrust of Mr Trump’s interview concerned the economic cost of US foreign policy.<\/p>\n Mr Trump cited the US debt – “soon to be $21tn” (\u00a314.8tn) – and linked it to the fact the US “defended the world”.<\/p>\n “No matter who it is, we defend everybody. When in doubt, come to the United States. We’ll defend you. In some cases free of charge.”<\/p>\n