Former White House adviser Susan Rice criticized former President Donald Trump on his foreign policy agenda, calling him an “appeaser” and comparing him to former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who tried to placate Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Ta.
“The basics of national security, America needs to be strong, we need to stand with our allies, we need to defend our values, we need to mean what we say,” Rice said. Ta. said in an interview Thursday is MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell. “These are very basic things that have never been seriously questioned.”
“And then there's Donald Trump, who's like Neville Chamberlain of the Republican Party,” she added.
Rice also called President Trump a “surrender monkey,” referring to the former president's comments over the nearly three-year war with Ukraine and Russia.
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have a checkered past, including a phone call that led to their first impeachment in 2019. During the incident, the former president pressured President Zelensky to open an investigation into President Biden and his son Hunter Biden, and in return he opened an investigation into President Biden and his son Hunter Biden. $400 million in military aid.
“He's an appeaser, a capitulation monkey, and that's what you see in his approach to Ukraine,” Rice said.
After meeting with Ukrainian leaders last week, President Trump praised his relationship with President Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he hoped to help mediate an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine “very quickly.” He suggested that it could be done and that it would work well for both parties.
Rice added that he has seen Trump “allying with[Chinese President]Xi Jinping and a lot of other people.”
President Trump has been less active than Biden in helping Taiwan fend off potential Chinese military aggression. But President Trump and his foreign policy advisers earlier this year threatened to introduce more aggressive policies toward China if the Republican presidential nominee is elected in November.
In the interview, Rice also spoke about a letter she and more than 700 other bipartisan national security leaders signed supporting Vice President Harris following Biden's decision to withdraw from the race.
“That's why more than 700 senior national security leaders from Democrats, Republicans and independents have come together to oppose Donald Trump and support Kamala Harris,” Rice said, adding that Deputy He added that the president has the “temperament” and “experience” to be president. A “competent” commander-in-chief.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
