I never take my eye off of any piece of foreign policy but R3v was trying to move the goal posts, Rand is working on Russian relations and R3v wants to talk about Iran as if that proves Rand is doing no good by going to Russia.
They are attacking him everywhere right now. They've been pushing this narrative that Rand is somehow working for the Russians, Rand couldn't find a better political ally than Trump's populist supporters who have been hypnotized into thinking and selling the idea that the Russian collusion narrative was an inside job manufactured by Hillary Clinton in order to win the 2016 election.
LOL, the Republican party is full of NeverTrumpers.
Your kind of thinking would have us at war with Russia by now, when the Propaganda ministry puts sends out the signal for a crusade someone has to defy it or the herd will stampede.
That way Trump's supporters would hate Rand's guts and never listen to him in the future, I think Rand is smarter than you.
It would be better to never have a forest fire, but if the forest is on fire and you can't put it out then you should try to direct it to the dead brush and clear the way for new growth.
If we can get the right kind of support for the ideas we may be able to begin getting those things under Trump, if not then we can get them after he is gone.
The movement that the reality television character built is defined by hostility to foreigners, pure and simple. The Mexicans are taking our jobs (damn them for engaging in mutually beneficial labor contracts with American farmers); the Chinese are cheating us (i.e. are able to produce goods at a lower cost because of the highly socialistic regulatory regime in this country). I, for one, would prefer to pay higher prices to benefit the AFLCIO...
Yes it does matter very much, Rand and Trump may keep us from going to war with Russia.
Your assertion gives me hope since you are wrong about almost everything, if you believe Rand won't run for office again that probably means he will.
He does.
Congress has been passing those with VETO proof margins, Trump is walking a tightrope to avoid impeachment, Rand's support is helping him to resist worse anti-Russia actions.
I said nothing about losing his principles, supporting Trump when he is right will get Trump supporters to listen to him without having to sell out.
No, in other words he preserved American sovereignty from globalist world government schemes.
LOL, no establishment Swampublican would have withdrawan us.
He will increase his rate of deregulation as he gets more support in Congress and overcomes the resistance in the bureaucracy and the courts.
That is pure garbage, illegal immigration is a great financial burden and a threat to liberty.
Not so, many important cases go through the court system every year, the decisions will be much more favorable to liberty now.
I did not say anything about what he wanted to replace it with, it is not clear that he actually meant what he said at the time or if he was trying to look "reasonable" when he knew nothing would pass anyway, even if we assume he meant every word he said he has been undermining the ACA rather than leave it as it is.
i.e. protect American workers from foreign government intervention and begin to rebuild our hollowed out economy.
There is more but I don't feel like digging it up for you, you would not modify your TDS if I could prove he held your own exact beliefs.
This isn't a 5 minute news cycle thing, its a narrative the neocons have been pushing for over a year now. They started pushing this narrative when Rand was pushing for less expansions of NATO. Rand can't ever run for political office with support like yours though. You give the media narrative credibility when all you do is criticize Rand Paul, he will never accomplish anything with people working against him because they don't like his approach or strategy and cast doubt on his goals and aspirations. If you ever supported liberty you should be singing praise for the beatings Rand has taken trying to protect yours.
Most Americans know the US government does all of those things and more so most Americans are perfectly Ok with this.
