Our delusional mainstream media frequently laments the alleged damage President Trump has done to America’s standing in the global community. If we check the actual record though, exactly the opposite is true. Here’s a brief list of Trump’s significant accomplishments of the international front ~
 

• Undid the disastrous Iran nuclear deal
• Strengthened our historic ties with Israel (after they were severely strained by the Obama Administration) – including recognizing Jerusalem as the capital
• Standing up to the terrorists running Gaza
• Ditto, the tyrant running Turkey
• ISIS territory has been significantly reduced
• Cleaning up Obama’s mess in Burma
• Made diplomatic progress with North Korea – unlike any of his predecessors (convinced them to return remains of our war dead)
• Supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression
• Standing up to the bullies at the U.N., including withdrawing from the farcical U.N. Human Rights Council

 
In summary, it’s all good! We’re strengthening our relationships with our traditional, long time allies, and defying tyrants everywhere. We’re standing up to all the right bullies.
 
This week there was another occasion to celebrate – for us regular Americans that is – Holy Crap. John Bolton Was En Fuego At the Federalist Society.
 
Speaking in Washington D.C. on Monday, the president’s national security advisor was emphatic that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the United States or any of its citizens. He was reacting to the ICC’s proposal for an investigation into alleged crimes committed by members of the U.S. military who served in Afghanistan, an action which represents a direct challenge to our national sovereignty ~

“Today, on the eve of September 11th, I want to deliver a clear and unambiguous message on behalf of the President of the United States,” Bolton said. “The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court.” […]
 
“We will provide no assistance to the ICC. And we certainly will not join the ICC,” he said. “We will let the ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us.”

Source: The Daily Wire

Boom. (You can watch the full speech HERE.)
 

#MAGA! Reporting on Bolton’s speech, “streiff” at Red State, referenced an Atlantic article by Jeffrey Goldberg. Meant to be smugly derogatory, for those of us who have been thoroughly disgusted by Barack Hussein Obama apologizing for every ill in the world as if America were responsible for all of them, this definition of the Trump Doctrine is a refreshing rallying cry ~

The best distillation of the Trump Doctrine I heard, though, came from a senior White House official with direct access to the president and his thinking. I was talking to this person several weeks ago, and I said, by way of introduction, that I thought it might perhaps be too early to discern a definitive Trump Doctrine.
 
“No,” the official said. “There’s definitely a Trump Doctrine.”
 
What is it?, I asked. Here is the answer I received:
 
“The Trump Doctrine is ‘We’re America, Bitch.’ That’s the Trump Doctrine.”

 
I love it! Sounds like something Gen. George S. Patton may have said. After eight years of progressives’ concerted efforts to destroy our national self-esteem, it’s awesome to once again have American leaders who are actually pro-American. As Red State summarizes, it was long overdue ~

When the ICC was established its mandate was specifically to investigate crimes in areas, like Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, where there was no functioning legal system to investigate atrocities. Like so many international bodies, it has been weaponized and directed at the United States and at Israel. By putting the ICC on notice of what it can expect if it decides to move out of its very narrow lane, Bolton has probably prevented the US from ever having to act on his promised actions, plus, heads have exploded all over Europe and the Third World. And that is a good thing.

America first. It’s an excellent policy. Not because we’re aggressive, arrogant or imperialistic. We are none of those things. But because when America is strong, the world is a safer place.
 
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Related:
John Bolton: U.S. to Desert ‘Outright Dangerous’ International Criminal Court ~

Bolton’s speech comes on the heels of a State Department announcement that the Trump administration will close the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington, D.C. The decision marks the latest in a pressure campaign to bring the Palestinians to the negotiating table as the Trump administration readies a much-anticipated peace proposal.

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton Shares ‘America First’ Vision