REPUBLICANS LAUGH OFF OBAMA’S PUSH FOR INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY

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Breitbart:

One year ago, President Obama told West Point graduates what made America special. “I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being,” Obama said. “But what makes us exceptional is not our ability to flout international norms and the rule of law; it is our willingness to affirm them through our actions.”

 

The peculiar notion that American exceptionalism requires America to bow before non-American norms finds its apotheosis in the Obama administration’s current foreign policy. Whether at the G7 or in the federal courts, whether in international trade agreements or State Department internet policy, the Obama administration wishes to use chosen “international norms” to trump traditionally American concerns.

 

At the G7 this week, for example, President Obama allegedly told members of the G7 that America’s strong dollar poses a threat to the world economy. Obama feared that the strong dollar would force Greece to inflate its currency in order to pay off its international debt, or prevent it from solving its fiscal crisis altogether. The White House later denied Obama’s comments, but given Obama’s stated belief in more even global income distribution, his original comment makes perfect sense.

 

Meanwhile, President Obama’s trade agreement, kept largely secret from the American public, places international priorities at its center while marginalizing American ones. This is not because international trade somehow hurts the United States — generally speaking, Americans live significantly more prosperous lives thanks to free trade. Instead, the problem with the various trade agreements more commonly known as Obamatrade lie in their attempts to curb America’s bargaining power in the international community, changing regulations here at home.

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