Perez slams Trump on foreign policy

Labor Secretary Tom Perez, reported to be under consideration as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s running mate, is attacking Donald Trump on foreign policy.

{mosads}“Well, I haven’t run a Ms. Universe pageant, and I don’t own any golf courses in Scotland, Chuck, so I don’t have what Donald Trump has, and I’m very sorry about that,” Perez said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd when asked to describe his foreign policy philosophy.

“It’s all about judgment. And Donald Trump is such a volatile individual. And what I have seen working with Secretary Clinton is that she is a steady hand,” he said.

“We are in the midst of a very challenging set of circumstances around the world. And you need someone with a steady hand. And Secretary Clinton, with her experience, with her steady hand, and with her sound judgment. Judgment is what it’s all about. And I think she has exercised sound judgment throughout,” he said.

Perez listed terrorism when asked about the biggest threat that faces the next administration internationally.

“We’re continuing to confront the threat of foreign terrorism, ISIL and others. We continue to see nations that are having, you know, dramatic challenges,” Perez said, using the administration’s preferred acronym for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

“And a lot of the same questions are being asked around the world. Whether it’s in Europe, where you have so many people in the far right who are gaining traction, whether it’s Le Pen in France or otherwise elsewhere. Austria most recently as well,” he added.

“And so I think it’s a critically important moment for American leadership.”

Perez also called Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, a “train wreck” for trade, the minimum wage, immigration and “American values.”

“One of the many reasons, Chuck, that I am so excited to support Secretary Clinton is because she understands that when you attack Muslims, when you attack immigrants, you’re attacking the core of American values,” Perez said.

“And I think around the world, the rest of the world is looking to America for leadership. Looking for us to summon those values of inclusion and opportunity and optimism. I don’t understand for the life of me why Donald Trump is always saying, ‘America’s in decline.’ When Ronald Reagan was president, he was taking up full-page ads saying, ‘America is a laughing stock,’ ” he said.

“I look around the world, and when I travel internationally in my job, everybody’s looking to America for guidance. Everybody says to me, ‘We admire you as the face of the Earth in terms of the values that we should be upholding.’ I think America is a remarkable leader. And with Secretary Clinton moving forward, the challenges of terrorism, the challenges of global inequality — we’ve got to make sure that our economy at home and our economy around the world works for everybody, and not just for a few.”