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Bloomberg
President Donald Trump has unsettled allies, as well as Americans, Senator John McCain said during a speech in Sydney on the future of U.S. relations with Asia.
McCain —the chairman of U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and the Republican presidential nominee in 2008—said on Tuesday that Australia wasn’t alone in questioning whether America was still committed to upholding peace and justice around the world.
“Other American allies have similar doubts these days and this is understandable,†McCain, 80, told a crowd at the University of Sydney’s U.S. Studies Centre. “I realize that some of President Trump’s actions and statements have unsettled America’s friends. They have unsettled many Americans as well.â€
McCain’s remarks come on the heels of Trump’s first overseas trip, including the sometimes awkward gatherings of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Group of Seven nations. Trump told NATO leaders they had fallen short of what they “owed†to the alliance by $119 billion and prodded them to pay more.