WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), one of the country's foreign policy leaders for years, criticized President Donald Trump's policies in a speech this week.
In a speech to the Foreign Policy Association, Lugar called Trump's policies and recent decisions, "simplistic, prosaic and reactive."
Lugar, who was also the mayor of Indianapolis from 1968-1975, criticized Trump's plan to build a border wall, get more money out of alliance members, renegotiate trade deals, deport as many undocumented immigrants as possible and cut the State Department's budget.
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"Taken together, these policies do nothing to enhance American productivity or competitiveness at home or influence overseas," he said. "These are goals that normally would be associated with a selfish, inward looking nation that is being motivated by fear, not a great superpower with the capacity to shape global affairs."
Lugar served in the Senate for 33 years.
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"A strong, well-funded military remains as important as ever in deterring aggression and addressing threats that cannot be solved in any other way," Lugar said. "But we cannot bomb our way to security."
