No one would have imagined that one of the greatest truths about American foreign policy would come from U.S. President Donald Trump during an interview with Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly. When O'Reilly referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as "a killer," Trump replied, "There are a lot of killers. We have many killers. Or do you think our country is so innocent?"
With these words Trump confirmed what we have known for a long time about U.S. foreign policy: The United States has a dark history of involvement in many countries' politics, often economically or through direct murder or participation in the elimination of foreign leaders, including leaders of the U.S.
Patrick Lawrence, an American author and essayist, relates a conversation he had with an American whistleblower known for his denunciations against the establishment. He told Lawrence that, during a dinner to raise funds for the Democratic Party, one of the attendees asked President Barack Obama: "President Obama, what happened to your progressive foreign policy plans?" Obama replied, "Do you want me to end up like John F. Kennedy?"
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