ヒラリー・クリントントランプ氏の外交政策はアメリカを危険にさらすだろう (Hillary Clinton: Trump's foreign policy would endanger America)

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HILLARY CLINTON: Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank
you San Diego for that warm, warm welcome and thanks to Ellen for those moving words,
her introduction, and for reminding us it’s not only our men and women in uniform that
serve our country, it’s their families, their spouses, their children, and we are
grateful to each and every one of them. I want to recognize and thank Congressman Scott
Peters for being here, thank you very much. [Applause]
And all of the other electeds and service members, active duty and retired National
Guard and Reservists, veterans, military spouses, family members, all who are with us today.
On Monday, we observed Memorial Day – a day that means a great deal to San Diego,
home of so many active-duty and former military and their families. We honor the sacrifice
of those who died for our country in many ways – by living our values, by making this
a stronger and fairer nation, and by carrying out a smart and principled foreign policy.
That’s what I want to speak about today – the challenges we face in protecting our
country, and the choice at stake in this election. It’s a choice between a fearful America
that’s less secure and less engaged with the world, and a strong, confident America
that leads to keep our country safe and our economy growing.
[Applause] As Secretary of State, Senator and First Lady,
I had the honor of representing America abroad and helping shape our foreign policy at home.
As a candidate for President, there’s nothing I take more seriously than our national security.
I’ve offered clear strategies for how to defeat ISIS, strengthen our alliances, and
make sure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. And I’m going to keep America’s security
at the heart of my campaign. [Applause]
Because as you know so well, Americans aren’t just electing a President in November. We’re
choosing our next commander-in-chief – the person we count on to decide questions of
war and peace, life and death. And like many across our country and around
the world, I believe the person the Republicans have nominated for President cannot do the
job. [Applause]
Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different – they are dangerously incoherent. They’re
not even really ideas – just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds, and outright
lies. [Applause]
He is not just unprepared – he is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge,
stability and immense responsibility. [Applause]
This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes – because it’s not hard
to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very
thin skin. [Applause]
We cannot put the security of our children and grandchildren in Donald Trump’s hands.
We cannot let him roll the dice with America. This is a man who said that more countries
should have nuclear weapons, including Saudi Arabia.
This is someone who has threatened to abandon our allies in NATO – the countries that
work with us to root out terrorists abroad before they strike us at home.
He believes we can treat the U.S. economy like one of his casinos and default on our
debts to the rest of the world, which would cause an economic catastrophe far worse than
anything we experienced in 2008. [Applause]
He has said that he would order our military to carry out torture and the murder of civilians
who are related to suspected terrorists – even though those are war crimes.
He says he doesn’t have to listen to our generals or our admirals, our ambassadors
and other high officials, because he has – quote – “a very good brain.”
[Laughter] He also said, “I know more about ISIS than
the generals do, believe me.” You know what? I don’t believe him.
[Applause] He says climate change is a hoax invented
by the Chinese, and he has the gall to say that prisoners of war like John McCain aren’t
heroes. Exactly.
He praises dictators like Vladimir Putin and picks fights with our friends – including
the British prime minister, the mayor of London, the German chancellor, the president of Mexico
and the Pope. [Applause]
He says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia.
And to top it off, he believes America is weak. An embarrassment. He called our military
a disaster. He said we are – and I quote – a “third-world country.” And he’s
been saying things like that for decades. Those are the words my friends of someone
who doesn’t understand America or the world. And they’re the words of someone who would
lead us in the wrong direction. Because if you really believe America is weak – with
our military, our values, our capabilities that no other country comes close to matching
– then you don’t know America. [Applause]
And you certainly don’t deserve to lead it.
That’s why – even if I weren’t in this race – I’d be doing everything I could
to make sure Donald Trump never becomes President – because I believe he will take our country
down a truly dangerous path. Unlike him, I have some experience with the
tough calls and the hard work of statecraft. I wrestled with the Chinese over a climate
deal in Copenhagen, brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, negotiated the reduction
of nuclear weapons with Russia, twisted arms to bring the world together in global sanctions
against Iran, and stood up for the rights of women, religious minorities and LGBT people
around the world. [Applause]
And I have, I have sat in the Situation Room and advised the President on some of the toughest
choices he faced. So I’m not new to this work. And I’m proud
to run on my record, because I think the choice before the American people in this election
is clear. I believe in strong alliances; clarity in
dealing with our rivals; and a rock-solid commitment to the values that have always
made America great. And I believe with all my heart that America is an exceptional country
– that we’re still, in Lincoln’s words, the last, best hope of earth. We are not a
country that cowers behind walls. We lead with purpose, and we prevail.
And if America doesn’t lead, we leave a vacuum – and that will either cause chaos,
or other countries will rush in to fill the void. Then they’ll be the ones making the
decisions about your lives and jobs and safety – and trust me, the choices they make will
not be to our benefit. That is not an outcome we can live with.
As I see it, there are some important things our next President must do to secure American
leadership and keep us safe and our economy growing in the years ahead. These are all
areas in which Donald Trump and I profoundly disagree. And they are all critical to our
future. First, we need to be strong at home.
That means investing in our infrastructure, education and innovation – the fundamentals
of a strong economy. We need to reduce income inequality, because our country can’t lead
effectively when so many are struggling to provide the basics for their families. And
we need to break down the barriers that hold Americans back, including barriers of bigotry
and discrimination. [Applause]
Compare that with what Trump wants to do. His economic plans would add more than $30
trillion – that’s trillion with a “t” – $30 trillion to our national debt over
the next 20 years. He has no ideas on education. No ideas on innovation. He has a lot of ideas
about who to blame, but no clue about what to do.
None of what Donald Trump is offering will make America stronger at home. And that would
make us weaker in the world. Second, we need to stick with our allies.
America’s network of allies is part of what makes us exceptional. And our allies deliver
for us every day. [Applause]
Our armed forces fight terrorists together; our diplomats work side by side. Allies provide
staging areas for our military, so we can respond quickly to events on the other side
of the world. And they share intelligence that helps us identify and defuse potential
threats. Take the threat posed by North Korea – perhaps
the most repressive regime on the planet, run by a sadistic dictator who wants to develop
long-range missiles that could carry a nuclear weapon to the United States.
When I was Secretary of State, we worked closely with our allies Japan and South Korea to respond
to this threat, including by creating a missile defense system that stands ready to shoot
down a North Korean warhead, should its leaders ever be reckless enough to launch one at us.
The technology is ours. Key parts of it are located on Japanese ships. All three countries
contributed to it. And this month, all three of our militaries will run a joint drill to
test it. That’s the power of allies.
[Applause] And it’s the legacy of American troops who
fought and died to secure those bonds, because they knew we were safer with friends and partners.
Now Moscow and Beijing are deeply envious of our alliances around the world, because
they have nothing to match them. They’d love for us to elect a President who would
jeopardize that source of strength. If Donald gets his way, they’ll be celebrating in
the Kremlin. We cannot let that happen. [Applause]
That’s why it is no small thing when he talks about leaving NATO, or says he’ll
stay neutral on Israel’s security. It’s no small thing when he calls Mexican
immigrants rapists and murderers. We’re lucky to have two friendly neighbors on our
land borders. Why would he want to make one of them an enemy?
[Applause] And it’s no small thing when he suggests
that America should withdraw our military support for Japan, encourage them to get nuclear
weapons, and said this about a war between Japan and North Korea – and I quote – “If
they do, they do. Good luck, enjoy yourself, folks.”
I wonder if he even realizes he’s talking about nuclear war.
Yes, our friends need to contribute their fair share. I made that point long before
Donald Trump came onto the scene – and a number of them have increased their defense
spending. The real debate here is whether we keep these alliances strong or cut them
off. What he says would weaken our country. Third, we need to embrace all the tools of
American power, especially diplomacy and development, to be on the frontlines solving problems before
they threaten us at home. Diplomacy is often the only way to avoid a
conflict that could end up exacting a much greater cost. It takes patience, persistence
and an eye on the long game – but it’s worth it.
Take the nuclear agreement with Iran. When President Obama took office, Iran was racing
toward a nuclear bomb. Some called for military action. But that could have ignited a broader
war that could have mired our troops in another Middle Eastern conflict.
President Obama chose a different path. And I got to work leading the effort to impose
crippling global sanctions. We brought Iran to the table. We began talks. And eventually,
we reached an agreement that should block every path for Iran to get a nuclear weapon.
Now we must enforce that deal vigorously. And as I’ve said many times before, our
approach must be “distrust and verify.” The world must understand that the United
States will act decisively if necessary, including with military action, to stop Iran from getting
a nuclear weapon. In particular, Israel’s security is non-negotiable. They’re our
closest ally in the region, and we have a moral obligation to defend them.
[Applause] But there is no question that the world and
the United States, we are safer now than we were before this agreement. And we accomplished
it without firing a single shot, dropping a single bomb or putting a single American
soldier in harm’s way. [Applause]
Donald Trump says we shouldn’t have done the deal. We should have walked away. But
that would have meant no more global sanctions, and Iran resuming their nuclear program and
the world blaming us. So then what? War? Telling the world, good luck, you deal with Iran?
Of course Trump doesn’t have answers to those questions. Donald Trump doesn’t know
the first thing about Iran or its nuclear program. Ask him. It’ll become very clear,
very quickly. There’s no risk of people losing their lives
if you blow up a golf-course deal. [Laughter]
But it doesn’t work like that in world affairs. Just like being interviewed on the same episode
of “60 Minutes” as Putin was, is not the same thing as actually dealing with Putin.
So the stakes in global statecraft are infinitely higher and more complex than in the world
of luxury hotels. We all know the tools Donald Trump brings to the table – bragging, mocking,
composing nasty tweets – I’m willing to bet he’s writing a few right now.
[Applause] But those tools won’t do the trick. Rather
than solving global crises, he would create new ones.
He has no sense of what it takes to deal with multiple countries with competing interests
and reaching a solution that everyone can get behind. In fact, he is downright contemptuous
of that work. And that means he’s much more likely to end up leading us into conflict.
Fourth, we need to be firm but wise with our rivals.
Countries like Russia and China often work against us. Beijing dumps cheap steel in our
markets. That hurts American workers. Moscow has taken aggressive military action in Ukraine,
right on NATO’s doorstep. Now I’ve gone toe-to-toe with Russia and China, and many
other different leaders around the world. So I know we have to be able to both stand
our ground when we must, and find common ground when we can.
That’s how I could work with Russia to conclude the New START treaty to reduce nuclear stockpiles,
and with China to increase pressure on North Korea. It’s how our diplomats negotiated
the landmark agreement on climate change, which Trump now wants to rip up.
[Applause] The key was never forgetting who we were dealing
with – not friends or allies, but countries that share some common interests with us amid
many disagreements. Donald doesn’t see the complexity. He wants
to start a trade war with China. And I understand a lot of Americans have concerns about our
trade agreements – I do too. But a trade war is something very different. We went down
that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful. Combine
that with his comments about defaulting on our debt, and it’s not hard to see how a
Trump presidency could lead to a global economic crisis.
And I have to say, I don’t understand Donald’s bizarre fascination with dictators and strongmen
who have no love for America. He praised China for the Tiananmen Square massacre; he said
it showed strength. He said, “You’ve got to give Kim Jong Un credit” for taking over
North Korea – something he did by murdering everyone he saw as a threat, including his
own uncle, which Donald described gleefully, like he was recapping an action movie. And
he said if he were grading Vladimir Putin as a leader, he’d give him an A.
Now, I’ll leave it to the psychiatrists to explain his affection for tyrants.
[Applause] I just wonder how anyone could be so wrong
about who America’s real friends are. Because it matters. If you don’t know exactly who
you’re dealing with, men like Putin will eat your lunch.
Fifth, we need a real plan for confronting terrorists.
As we saw six months ago in San Bernardino, the threat is real and urgent. Over the past
year, I’ve laid out my plans for defeating ISIS.
We need to take out their strongholds in Iraq and Syria by intensifying the air campaign
and stepping up our support for Arab and Kurdish forces on the ground. We need to keep pursuing
diplomacy to end Syria’s civil war and close Iraq’s sectarian divide, because those conflicts
are keeping ISIS alive. We need to lash up with our allies, and ensure our intelligence
services are working hand-in-hand to dismantle the global network that supplies money, arms,
propaganda and fighters to the terrorists. We need to win the battle in cyberspace.
[Applause] And of course we need to strengthen our defenses
here at home. That – in a nutshell – is my plan for
defeating ISIS. What’s Trump’s? Well he won’t say. He
is literally keeping it a secret. The secret, of course, is he has no idea what he’d do
to stop ISIS. Just look at the few things he’s actually
said on the subject. He’s actually said – and I quote – “maybe
Syria should be a free zone for ISIS.” Oh, okay – let a terrorist group have control
of a major country in the Middle East. Then he said we should send tens of thousands
of American ground troops to the Middle East to fight ISIS.
He also refused to rule out using nuclear weapons against ISIS, which would mean mass
civilian casualties. It’s clear he doesn’t have a clue what
he’s talking about. So we can’t be certain which of these things he would do. But we
can be certain that he’s capable of doing any or all of them. Letting ISIS run wild.
Launching a nuclear attack. Starting a ground war. These are all distinct possibilities
with Donald Trump in charge. And through all his loose talk, there’s
one constant theme: demonizing Muslims and playing right into the hands of ISIS’. His
proposal to ban 1.5 billion Muslims from even coming to our country doesn’t just violate
the religious freedom our country was founded on. It’s also a huge propaganda victory
for ISIS. And it alienates the very countries we need to actually help us in this fight.
A Trump Presidency would embolden ISIS. We cannot take that risk.
This isn’t reality television – this is actual reality.
[Applause] And defeating global terrorist networks and
protecting the homeland takes more than empty talk and a handful of slogans. It takes a
real plan, real experience and real leadership. Donald Trump lacks all three.
And one more thing. A President has a sacred responsibility to send our troops into battle
only if we absolutely must, and only with a clear and well-thought-out strategy. Our
troops give their all. They deserve a commander-in-chief who knows that.
I’ve worked side-by-side with admirals and generals, and visited our troops in theaters
of war. I’ve fought for better health care for our National Guard, better services for
our veterans, and more support for our Gold Star families. We cannot put the lives of
our young men and women in uniform in Donald Trump’s hands.
Sixth, we need to stay true to our values. Trump says over and over again, “The world
is laughing at us.” He’s been saying this for decades, he didn’t just start this year.
He bought full-page ads in newspapers across the country back in 1987, when Ronald Reagan
was President, saying that America lacked a backbone and the world was – you guessed
it – laughing at us. He was wrong then, and he’s wrong now – and you’ve got
to wonder why somebody who fundamentally has so little confidence in America, and has felt
that way for at least 30 years, wants to be our President.
The truth is, there’s not a country in the world that can rival us. It’s not just that
we have the greatest military, or that our economy is larger, more durable, more entrepreneurial
than any in the world. It’s also that Americans work harder, dream bigger – and we never,
ever stop trying to make our country and world a better place.
[Applause] So it really matters that Donald Trump says
things that go against our deepest-held values. It matters when he says he’ll order our
military to murder the families of suspected terrorists. During the raid to kill bin Laden,
when every second counted, our SEALs took the time to move the women and children in
the compound to safety. Donald Trump may not get it, but that’s what honor looks like.
[Applause] And it also matters when he makes fun of disabled
people, calls women pigs, proposes banning an entire religion from our country, or plays
coy with white supremacists. America stands up to countries that treat women like animals,
or people of different races, religions or ethnicities as less human.
[Applause] What happens to the moral example we set – for
the world and for our own children – if our President engages in bigotry?
And by the way, Mr. Trump – every time you insult American Muslims or Mexican immigrants,
remember that plenty of Muslims and immigrants serve and fight in our armed forces.
[Applause] Donald Trump, Donald Trump could learn something
from them. That brings me to the final point I want to
make today – the temperament it takes to be Commander-in-Chief.
Every President faces hard choices every day, with imperfect information and conflicting
imperatives. That’s the job. A revolution threatens to topple a government
in a key region, an adversary reaches out for the first time in years – what do you
do? Making the right call takes a cool head and
respect for the facts. It takes a willingness to listen to other people’s points of view
with a truly open mind. It also takes humility – knowing you don’t know everything – because
if you’re convinced you’re always right, you’ll never ask yourself the hard questions.
I remember being in the Situation Room with President Obama, debating the potential Bin
Laden operation. The President’s advisors were divided. The intelligence was compelling
but far from definitive. The risks of failure were daunting. The stakes were significant
for our battle against al Qaeda and our relationship with Pakistan. Most of all, the lives of those
brave SEALs and helicopter pilots hung in the balance.
It was a decision only the President could make. And when he did, it was as crisp and
courageous a display of leadership as I’ve ever seen.
Now imagine Donald Trump sitting in the Situation Room, making life-or-death decisions on behalf
of the United States. Imagine him deciding whether to send your spouses or children into
battle. Imagine if he had not just his Twitter account at his disposal when he’s angry,
but America’s entire arsenal. Do we want him making those calls – someone
thin-skinned and quick to anger, who lashes out at the smallest criticism? Do we want
his finger anywhere near the button? I have a lot of faith that the American people
will make the right decision. This is a country with a deep reservoir of common sense and
national pride. We’re all counting on that. [Applause]
Because making Donald Trump our commander-in-chief would be a historic mistake. It would undo
so much of the work that Republicans and Democrats alike have done over many decades to make
America stronger and more secure. It would set back our standing in the world more than
anything in recent memory. And it would fuel an ugly narrative about who we are – that
we’re fearful, not confident; that we want to let others determine our future for us,
instead of shaping our own destiny. That’s not the America I know and love.
So yes, we have a lot of work to do to keep our country secure. And we need to do better
by American families and American workers – and we will. But don’t let anyone tell
you that America isn’t great. Donald Trump’s got America all wrong. We are a big-hearted,
fair-minded country. [Applause]
There is no challenge we can’t meet, no goal we can’t achieve when we each do our
part and come together as one nation. Every lesson from our history teaches us that
we are stronger together. We remember that every Memorial Day.
This election is a choice between two very different visions of America.
One that’s angry, afraid, and based on the idea that America is fundamentally weak and
in decline. The other is hopeful, generous, and confident
in the knowledge that America is great – just like we always have been.
[Applause] Let’s resolve that we can be greater still.
That is what I believe in my heart. I went to 112 countries as your Secretary
of State. And I never lost my sense of pride at seeing our blue-and-white plane lit up
on some far-off runway, with “The United States of America” emblazoned on the side.
That plane – those words – our country represents something special, not just to
us, to the world. It represents freedom and hope and opportunity.
I love this country and I know you do too. It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve
America and I’m going to do everything I can to protect our nation, and make sure we
don’t lose sight of how strong we really are.
Thank you all very much.