Speeches at CPAC (2020s): on Foreign Policy
Donald Trump:
Coronavirus: We can help Iran, all they have to do is ask
In addition to the existing ban on travel by most Iranian nationals, we're banning the travel of anyone who has been to Iran in the last 14 days. They're having a very big outbreak. And I say here and now, if we can help the Iranians--we're doing
certain things for them now--and if we can help the Iranians with this problem, we are certainly willing to do so. We would love to be able to help them. And all they have to do is ask. We will have great professionals over there.
Source: Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 CPAC Conference
Feb 29, 2020
Donald Trump:
The problem is not Putin is smart but our leaders are dumb
Reporters asked me if i thought President Putin was smart. I said of course he is smart. The NATO nations and indeed the world--as he looks over what is happening strategically with no repercussions or threats whatsoever--they are not so smart.
They are looking the opposite of smart. The problem is not that Putin is smart, which of course he is smart, but the real problem is that our leaders are dumb.
Source: Speech at the 2022 CPAC Conference in Orlando FL
Feb 26, 2022
Donald Trump:
Democracy is under threat next door in Canada
If the radical Democrats truly want to fight for democracy, they should start with the democracy under threat next-door, a place called Canada. The tyranny in Canada in recent weeks should shock and dismay people all over the world. In an advanced
western democracy, the peaceful movement of patriotic truckers, workers and families protesting for their basic rights and liberties has been voted down. We stand with the truckers and the Canadian people in their noble quest to reclaim their freedom.
Source: Speech at the 2022 CPAC Conference in Orlando FL
Feb 26, 2022
Marsha Blackburn:
Stand against Big Tech aiding Chinese Communist Party
Donald Trump was standing up for the United States because China is trying to cancel the United States of America. China and Big Tech have a cozy relationship and they have been allowing the Chinese Communist Party to spew all of their information.
I can't find anywhere that they have been censored, blocked, or banned. Big Tech is aiding and abetting the Chinese Communist Party in their push for global dominance, and we are going to have to stand against it.
Source: Remarks by Rep. Blackburn at the 2021 CPAC Conference
Feb 26, 2021
Mike Pence:
The world knows this: America stands with Israel
If the world knows nothing else, the world knows this, America stands with Israel. This president has done more to support our most cherished allies than anyone could have imagined just three short years ago. We got out of the Iran nuclear deal.
He recognized Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and President Donald Trump moved the American embassy to Jerusalem, the capital of the state of Israel.
Source: Remarks by V.P. Pence at the 2020 CPAC Conference
Feb 27, 2020
Mike Pompeo:
Dangerous agreements like Iran's made us less safe
When I meet with leaders, I'm pretty much just Mike. I live by a code I learned about at West Point: just tell it straight, they prefer it. It's the way President Trump operates as well. I set clear expectations for what it means to be on America's side.
I ask our partners to step up on the biggest challenges we face, whether that is countering the Islamic Republic of Iran, countering China, restoring democracy in Venezuela.Under previous administrations our nations signed dangerous agreements that
made Americans less safe like the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris Climate Accord. We had bad trade deals. People said these things couldn't be fixed. But everyone knows this, the point is changing behavior, not signing documents. If there is no
compliance or the agreements are flawed, you have to get out of them. They're just ink on paper.
They said pulling away from the Iran nuclear deal will lead to runaway proliferation but it's restored deterrence. It's made our world far safer.
Source: Remarks by the Secretary of State at 2020 CPAC Conference
Feb 28, 2020
Bill Haggerty:
Deal with communist China from absolute strength
It is amazing to me that the Biden administration has not learned the most fundamental lesson from the Trump administration. To deal with communist China you must deal with the position of absolute strength. What they have tried to do in the
Biden administration is negotiate from weakness. They must believe that by turning the other cheek, that that is going to make China turn our way. That is absolutely not the case.
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Mar 2, 2023
Mike Pompeo:
China is gaining intelligence through our cell phones
This challenge that we hear so much about from the Chinese Communist Party, this challenge threatens every aspect of our life. Sometimes when we think about China we think about Taiwan, it seems a long ways away. But they are inside the gates.
They are gaining intelligence through technology on our cell phones. They are propagandizing, they have the largest spy operation ever conducted inside the United States of America.
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Mar 3, 2023
Nikki Haley:
We will stop giving money to countries that hate America
We give billions of dollars every year to countries that undermine America every day. They stab us in the back and then they turn around and have their hand out wanting money. Some of them even support terrorists. To this day, we are giving foreign aid
to Pakistan, Iraq, the Palestinians, and even Communist Cuba and China. We need to stop trying to buy friends. All we are doing is paying off our enemies. When I'm president, we will stop giving money to countries that hate America.
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Mar 2, 2023
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