‘I’ve never been a fan of American presidents criticizing America on foreign soil’

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‘I’ve never been a fan of American presidents criticizing America on foreign soil’

Former Vice President Mike Pence rebuked his former boss for criticizing U.S. foreign policy while abroad, framing some of President Donald Trump’s policies as a betrayal of American service members.

During

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— part of the president’s first trip of his second administration to the Middle East — Trump criticized Western intervention from “so-called nation-builders, neo-cons, or liberal non-profits” in the region.

“I’ve never been a fan of American presidents criticizing America on foreign soil,” Pence said, speaking about Trump’s speech during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that was taped last week and released Sunday.

“And to have the president in Saudi Arabia questioning America’s global war on terror, and describing it as nation-building and interventionist, I thought was a disservice to generations of Americans who wore the uniform and who took the fight to our enemy, you know, in Afghanistan and in Iraq.”

“And particularly giving that speech in Saudi Arabia, where 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers hailed from, not including ****** bin Laden, I thought was unfortunate,” he continued.

Pence’s scolding comes as the president also recently made the decision to

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— one of the stops on Trump’s trip. Pence decried this move as well due to Qatar’s ties with the Iran-backed militant group, ******.

“The very idea that we would accept an Air Force One from Qatar I think is inconsistent with our security, with our intelligence needs and my hope is the president reconsiders it,” Pence said.

Trump’s trip to the Middle East last week departed from the traditions of presidential foreign travel, highlighting the president’s commitment to

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. Trump has de-emphasized the role American leaders dating back to President Jimmy Carter have played in attempting to push other nations to improve their records on human rights, something that particularly resonates with the nations he visited last week.

During the trip, Trump claimed to have garnered over $2 trillion in investment agreements with Middle Eastern leaders, such as a roughly $150 billion deal between Saudi Arabia and American defense contractors and the Qatari government’s purchasing of

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Trump also repeatedly complimented his foreign counterparts throughout the trip, calling Syria’s new leader “attractive” and “tough,” despite having once been labeled a terrorist by the U.S. He also described the Qatari ruling family as “tall, handsome guys.”

Pence’s criticism of Trump’s recent actions highlights the stark shift in Trump’s attitude toward the Middle East between his first and second presidency. In 2017, for instance, Trump issued his controversial travel ban on seven ******* countries and called Qatar a

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