Subject: ready for research -- A Teleprompter Can’t Make Us Forget What Dangerous Donald Has Already Said
From: "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]>
To: RR2 <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:00:48 -0700

SL: A Teleprompter Can’t Make Us Forget What Dangerous Donald Has Already Said

Donald Trump’s uninformed and inflammatory remarks throughout the course of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination have caused condemnation and worldwide<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/18/donald-trumps-rise-reverberates-around-the-world/?_r=1> alarm among foreign leaders and policy <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/foreign-policy-experts-trump_us_56d7c294e4b03a40567779d4> experts. To make matters worse, Trump has no consistent policy positions on any number of issues but would dismantle the existing U.S. military framework and undo key alliances around the world.

“Donald Trump is reckless and dangerous when it comes to issues both foreign and domestic. He would make Americans less safe and endanger our diplomatic relationships. But then again, we shouldn’t expect too much from someone who only consults his 'good brain' and 'the shows'.” – DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda

In advance of Trump’s speech on national security today, here are some of his most outrageous proposals that would make him a disastrous commander-in-chief:

·         He has recommended that the U.S. military commit international war crimes. He would target the families<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-transcripts-december-6-2015-trump-christie-sanders/> of suspected terrorists, bomb civilians<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-unleashes-long-rant-on-ben-carson/> and conduct torture<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-torture-works-backs-waterboarding-and-much-worse/2016/02/17/4c9277be-d59c-11e5-b195-2e29a4e13425_story.html>.

·         He wants to allow countries that don’t currently have<http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-japan-south-korea-might-need-nuclear-weapons/> nuclear weapons to get them, reversing long-held goals of international nuclear disarmament, and suggested launching a first strike against a dangerous country like North Korea.

·         He would not rule out using nuclear weapons on Europe or the Middle East.

·         He has questioned whether the U.S. should be a part of the United Nations, saying that the organization “is not a friend of democracy, it’s not a friend to freedom.”

·         He thinks that NATO is obsolete and “doesn’t help” us<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-23/trump-lays-out-vision-for-gaining-respect-from-muslim-world> in addressing terrorism, despite the fact that it led the UN-mandated International Security Assistance force in Afghanistan after 9/11, which had more than 130,000 troops from 51 NATO and partner nations.

·         He has spread lies about a domestic recession<http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKCN0X00US> and warned people against investing<http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/15/investing/stock-market-donald-trump-ted-cruz/> in the stock market. These statements cannot be taken lightly; economists have predicted that his policies could start an international trade war and cause a global recession.

·         He consistently antagonized Mexico<http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/01/the-world-according-to-trump-super-tuesdays-big-winner/?utm_content=buffer1898c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer> and China<http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/politics/donald-trump-china-hamburger-mcdonalds/index.html> and has said that he would start trade wars with both.

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