Trump on Foreign Policy: ‘I’m Speaking with Myself Because I Have a Very Good Brain’
Donald Trump, asked again this morning whether he'll be naming any foreign policy advisers, said instead he will serve as his own adviser:
BRZEZINSKI: “So, Donald you have been pretty confident that you can do this from the get-go. I think people now are realizing you are on a path to the nomination. Who are you talking to consistently since we had some dire foreign policy issues percolating around the world right now. Who are you consulting with consistently so that you’re ready on day one?”
TRUMP: “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I said a lot of things. In fact, in my book in 2000 I talked about Osama bin Laden and I do remember somebody putting the book in front of Joe and josing ‘No way he talked about it, no way he wrote about Osama bin Laden before the World Trade Center came down.’ And I remember Joe looking at it saying ‘I don’t believe it, that’s amazing.’ So I know what I’m doing and I listen to a lot of people. But my primary consultant is myself and I have a good instinct.”
BRZEZINSKI: “How would you describe trump’s foreign policy? Earlier in the show someone said ‘Neo-isolationist.’ How would you describe it?”
TRUMP: “No, I wouldn’t say that at all. They like to say that — in spiking with Howard Stern and you now, long before the start of the war I should have said, well, maybe. That was the first time I was asking about going into Iraq. The fact is I was asked about going into Iraq. It was a horrible mistake. At the same time now that you have ISIS, we have to take ISIS out. They’re cutting heads. They’re drowning people in cages and they’re looking to do serious damage. I mean, if they ever had — you know, the problem you have today is weaponry. If we had — you know, if this was 50 years ago or 100 years ago when you fought by gun and by sword, I would have never — I would have been out of there so fast, but the problem is you can’t allow somebody to get the big weaponry.”
