Condoleezza Rice Believes Trump ‘Understands The Values Of Alliances’

FILE - In this March 15, 2014, file photo, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures while speaking before the California Republican Party 2014 Spring Convention in Burlingame, Calif. Former Florida Gov. Je... FILE - In this March 15, 2014, file photo, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures while speaking before the California Republican Party 2014 Spring Convention in Burlingame, Calif. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, tapped Rice to serve as chairman of his education foundation, turning over the organization to the former diplomat and academic who remains popular inside the Republican Party. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) MORE LESS
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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is giving President Donald Trump a vote of confidence on international diplomacy.

Rice tells CNBC that while Trump’s language “may be different,” she says she believes Trump will stand up for both American interests and values on the world stage. Rice noted that it’s still early in the Trump administration and touched on the difficulty of transitioning from a candidate to a president. She says she believes Trump “understands the values of alliances.”

When asked about the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election, Rice praised special counsel Robert Mueller as someone who “will go to where the truth leads him.”

Rice was national security adviser under former President George W. Bush before becoming his secretary of state.

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  1. And we are interested in what Rice has to say why?

  2. If you believe that Condi, you’d also believe that there was no way Al Qaida would use airplanes as suicide missles. It’s totally understandable.

  3. "Rice tells CNBC that while Trump’s language “may be different,”

    Well, to begin with, it’s barely English.

  4. I came to this story just to say “Fuck you” to Condy.

  5. Stupid then, stupid now. At least she’s consistent.

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