Republican presidential contender Gov. Scott Walker is seen as a top presidential pick with one big weakness: a lack of foreign policy experience. As a Midwestern governor critics say he hasn’t built the foreign policy chops necessary to lead in our tumultuous world, but former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton has one thing to say to those critics.
What do you think?
You’re underestimating him.
What do you think?
In a sit-down interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation, Bolton said some people assume Walker lacks foreign policy credibility, and Democratic favorite Hillary Clinton’s got a long tenure at State to hold over his head.
What do you think?
But not so fast.
“When it comes to foreign policy, Hillary has such a long string of notable failures and scandals, that what is often overlooked is … while she was at the State Department and the Obama Administration, the Middle East fell into turmoil, we alienated our close ally, Israel, Russia set the stage for war and expanding its influence in Europe, and China expanded their island building in international waters,” Bolton said.
What do you think?
Russia, Israel, China and the Middle East are at the very least four pretty big weaknesses to exploit, he said. Clinton, in Bolton’s view, lacks the ability to make the big, tough policy decisions.
What do you think?
“I think foreign policy, in many respects for many voters, is a surrogate for leadership,” Bolton told TheDCNF. “The voters are not going to get involved in the intricacies, they don’t care if somebody can name the prime minister of Uganda, that’s not really the test for them. They want to look at the candidates and say ‘I think that one can make the big decisions.'”
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