Foreign Policy Research Institute A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Templeton Fellow Ed Turzanski Quoted by CBS on Trump’s Saudi Arabia Address

Templeton Fellow Ed Turzanski Quoted by CBS on Trump’s Saudi Arabia Address

Templeton Fellow Ed Turzanski Quoted by CBS on Trump’s Saudi Arabia Address


“Trump is threading a needle very carefully, very tactfully. Look, criticize him for his Twitter use, for any number of things, but this first leg of this trip was a very strong success. It created leverage for us in our dealings with the Saudis because of the arms deal and, also, he spoke to them just about as directly as any America President ever had about their own failings, but he did so in a way that didn’t close the door. It actually makes it clear that they need us and we recognize it.”

Turzanski, the John Templeton Fellow and co-Chair for the Study of Terrorism at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, believes the tone and tenor of the address will help in forwarding America’s national interests.

“Trump is speaking to them very clearly about what America stands for and what the common goal is, how we all have to put shoulder to the wheel wherever we have responsibility and means in order to deal with the common problems, and he gave them a name. He talked about Islamic extremism. He talked about things that previous Presidents would not have walked into their homes, looked them dead in the eye, and said to them.”

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