Sanders: Trump’s Cuts to the State Dept. Are ‘Short Sighted’ and ‘Counterproductive’

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SANDERS: "And the issue here is if we are serious about trying to prevent young people around the world from becoming terrorists, from becoming anti-American, they have got to know — poor people all over the world have got to know what used to be the case is that the United States of America stands with them, that we'll do everything we can to eradicate illnesses that for a few cents a day can keep children from dying. That we will work to help educate the poor people of this world, that we will provide housing, we’ll provide nutrition. That is what America used to stand for. We were a beacon of help for poor people. But to suggest that the future is simply to put more money into the military and cut back on the kinds of support and the State Department programs that uplifted poor people around the world, that made them believe that America was on their side, I think that that is very shortsighted and counterproductive."