From the South Bend mayor’s debut foreign policy speech .
Trump has emboldened autocrats
“The need for a new foreign policy vision could not be more urgent today. This administration has embraced and emboldened autocrats, while alienating allies and democracies around the world.”
Democrats Lack a Consistent Message
“For the better part of my lifetime, it has been hard to identify a consistent foreign policy of the Democratic party. ”
Opposes Israeli annexation of the West Bank
” If Prime Minister Netanyahu makes good on his threat to annex West Bank settlements, he should know that a President Buttigieg would take steps to ensure that American taxpayers won’t help foot the bill. ”
Not Friend of Kim Jong-un
“You will not see me exchanging love letters on White House letterhead with a brutal dictator who starves and murders his own people.”
Repeal 9/11 Authorization of Force
As someone who deployed to that war on the orders of a president — who believed, way back in 2014, that our involvement in Afghanistan was coming to an end — the time has come for Congress to repeal and replace that blank check on the use of force and ensure a robust debate on any future operations…{…}…We should never again send troops into conflict without a clear definition of their mission and an understanding of what comes after.”
