Faced with Tough Choices, We Must Put America First

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.      

In this pandemic crisis, President Trump is wrestling with unenviable choices including immigration, reopening the country, maintaining the Navy’s readiness and the investment of federal retirement funds in malevolent Communist Chinese companies.

Mr. Trump has to balance competing interests, often involving public health considerations versus the need to resuscitate the economy and/or protect the national security. If there is any rule of thumb as to how to resolve such dilemmas, it probably should be “America First.”

In practice, that would mean we should do the following: Put all foreign immigration on hold for sixty days. Implement the phased reopening plan Mr. Trump announced last week, supported by aggressive use of promising therapies to reduce the risks, especially for the Navy and other military services to maintain readiness. And don’t underwrite our enemies by investing public pension funds in problematic Communist Chinese businesses.  

This is Frank Gaffney.