Mike Pence Blasts Trump for Criticizing U.S. Foreign Policy From Saudi Arabia - A 'Disservice' to Veterans

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Source: MEDIAite

May 18th, 2025, 11:44 am


Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Donald Trump on Sunday for remarks made during a speech last week in Saudi Arabia, calling them a “disservice” to US veterans who fought in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. During an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, Pence reacted to Trump’s speech in Riyadh last week, during which the president denounced past U.S. foreign interventions in the Middle East.

Trump said the rise of modern cities like Riyadh and Abu Dhabi was not the result of Western “nation-builders,” but was a credit to the work of locals. “In the end, the so-called ‘nation-builders’ wrecked far more nations than they built,” Trump said. “The interventionists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves.”

Trump’s remarks were made during one leg of a multi-day trip to the region that included stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. He did not visit Israel, which NBC’s Kristen Welker noted. Pence said he saw Trump’s trip as an overall success but criticized his former boss for the remarks from Saudi Arabia.

“But, Kristen, I’ve never been a fan of American presidents criticizing America on foreign soil,” he said. “And to have the president in Saudi Arabia questioning America’s global war on terror, and describing it as nation-building and interventionist, I thought was a disservice to generations of Americans who wore the uniform and who took the fight to our enemy, you know, in Afghanistan and in Iraq. And particularly giving that speech in Saudi Arabia, where 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers hailed from, not including Osama bin Laden, I thought was unfortunate.”

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You know we are literally in such a horrible state of affairs that someone like Pencefly sounds "reasonable".

[speak easy]

1. I guess you were not paying attention Mike

when Krasnov denounced the second Iraq War in the 2016 Republican debates. Must not have been paying attention otherwise you would have said something then, right?

[Polybius]

2. One of the few times that he was 100% correct

The 2nd Iraq War was an unnecessary disaster.

[speak easy]

3. I would give Krasnov one other gimme,

when he wanted the WTC to be rebuilt as the twin towers.

But every time he said Iraq II was built on lies, and lies and lies, and they knew they were lying, as the audience booed, I thought maybe …

Every Kransnov accusation is an admission. He knows liars when he sees ‘em.

[Polybius]

5. Yes, I completely agree

And one other yet: His opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership in 2016 that killed the deal.

[Puppyjive]

4. Those modern cities

They would not be modern cities without America's help. Their oil infrastructure was built with American technology and guidance.