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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “US Foreign policy is...enacted based on the partisanship of…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Published February 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 21:03

… back into some of them, such for example, with the Paris climate accords, and then you have President Trump that's elected again. I think what we are seeing now is … US Foreign policy is...enacted based on the partisanship of whoever is elected. … with the Paris climate agreement, with many of our commitments. And I don't think that that is good for the country. (21:03–21:17)

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“The Iranian regime is doing a horrific slaughter of, some estimates have tens of thousands of people [protesters].”
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“The United States is very much in a compromised position compared to where we were five years ago.”
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“Our relationships with our allies are strained.”
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“Our commitment and demonstrated consistency on democratic values, human rights also incredibly strained.”
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“Skyrocketing inflation, tariffs, of course, have hurt Americans and it has hurt and had a negative impact on the United States.”
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“Over the last five years we've seen such a breaking and such a fraying of these alleged Western values.”
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“The Democratic Party is here for our allies.”
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“We are shocked at the President's destruction of our relationship with our European allies.”
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“His threat threatening over Greenland is not a joke.”
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“The vast majority of the American people do not want to see these relationships frayed.”
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“President Trump's first administration [was] pulling out of long standing international agreements.”
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“President Biden [is] opting in back into some of [the international agreements], such for example, with the Paris climate accords.”
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“Our commitments are reflective of our nation's values in a way that transcends partisanship.”
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“Supercharging an economic regime that fuels the 1%.”
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“China...have also invested dramatically in wind and solar and in energy innovation.”
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“We are gutting our NIH, we are gutting our health science research.”
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“The United States at this point, instead of expanding our energy mix, we are actively narrowing our energy mix to become increasingly more…”
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“We want to make sure that we are moving in all of our economic research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation [with…”
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“We shouldn't reward imperialism. And I don't think that we should allow Russia to continue or any nation to continue violating a nation's…”
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“The President cannot act the way he has towards Greenland and Canada without consequences.”
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“The vast majority of Americans are not reflected in these actions [of the President].”
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“The President is making rash decisions globally as he struggles at home.”
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“The commitments of everyday working people are not being reflected in those [Presidential] decisions.”
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“We will see an increased commitment to our global commitments, particularly in public health, in humanitarian assistance that was gutted…”
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“Congress can serve as a check on the volatility that we are seeing out of the executive branch.”
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