Foreign Policy and National Security

United States: Trump foreign policy speech: What the world says about him The billionaire businessman simultaneously addressed restive American voters and global elites worried by his fiery rhetoric on national security: He stressed that the United States would always put its economic and foreign policy interests first but said that allies in Europe, Asia and the Middle East would benefit from a much stronger, less ambiguous U.S. role in the world -- as long as they were prepared to pay up. "America first will be the overriding theme of my administration," Trump said in his remarks at Washington Mayflower hotel, delivered from a prepared text and in a subdued fashion starkly at odds with the free-wheeling rhetorical style that has powered his political rise on the campaign trail, according to CNN. Read More "Under a Trump administration, no American citizen will ever again feel that their needs come second to the citizens of foreign countries," Trump said. The Republican presidential front-runner proposed a sweeping redirection of America global role in a major speech, part of a string of planned addresses designed to flesh out what a Trump administration would look like and to establish leadership credentials ahead of an increasingly probable general election clash with Democrat and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He added, "My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people and American security first."10 photos:10 photos:The Donald Trump travel guide – Donald Trump is truly a man of the world, even if the world doesn't always see it that way. Hide Caption1 of 1010 photos:Scotland – Here, Scottish folk touched by Trump economic investment in their community, leave messages of thanks daubed on shed. Click through the gallery to see what we mean. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.