Dick Cheney tells Mike Pence that Trump's foreign policy is 'more like Barack Obama than Ronald Reagan'

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last updated 12 March 2019

At a private retreat over the weekend, former Vice President Dick Cheney shared with Vice President Mike Pence his concerns over President Trump's foreign policy, The Washington Post reports.

The conversation took place on Saturday during the American Enterprise Institute's annual world forum at Sea Island, Georgia. A person who attended the event gave the Post a transcript of the discussion; it started off with pleasantries, then Cheney began pressing Pence on foreign policy, saying the administration "looks a lot more like Barack Obama than Ronald Reagan."

Cheney relayed several concerns, telling Pence he was alarmed by Trump not agreeing with intelligence reports, canceling military exercises with South Korea, his desire to withdraw troops from Syria, and his hard-line approach to NATO allies, the Post reports. It got tense at times, a person at the forum told the Post, and the crowd could be heard murmuring. Cheney said he was afraid allies would soon "lack confidence in us," but Pence shrugged off his worries, praising Trump for "rebuilding our military and strengthening our commitment to our national defense." A spokesman for the vice president confirmed to the Post that the discussion did take place, but would not comment further.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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