The World Tilts to the Right
April 7, 2025
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It would do U.S. residents good to increase our knowledge of foreign trends, especially as they relate to politics around Europe
Issue: Foreign Relations
Principles supporting position:
- Respect
- Freedom and Free enterprise
- Understanding
- Protect the vulnerable
- Peace
Basis for federal government role in the issue:
Constitution: Art. II, Sec. 2: “President...shall have Power, by and with Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties … appoint Ambassadors …”; Art. I, Sec. 8: “Congress shall have Power...To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations…”.
Principle Based Position
- Engage actively with other nations (including China) to build alliances that promote peace and the interests of the United States
- Facilitate and protect open markets
- Uphold the rule of law
- Protect human rights
- Promote international trade
- Use diplomacy and power to reach agreements with other nations to preserve the Earth
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