Mike Pence Says Trump 'Will Stand With Our Allies.' Trump Says The Opposite.

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence said presidential hopeful Donald Trump will stand with the United States’ allies, hours after Trump told the New York Times the opposite.

“Donald Trump will rebuild our military and stand with our allies,” Pence said in his speech Wednesday night at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

But Trump told the Times the U.S. needs to “fix our own mess,” stressing his repeated theme of “America First.”

“I don’t think we have a right to lecture,” Trump said.

“We are going to take care of this country first, before we worry about everyone else in the world,” he also said.

The Times reported:

He even called into question whether, as president, he would automatically extend the security guarantees that give the 28 members of NATO the assurance that the full force of the United States military has their back.

For example, asked about Russia’s threatening activities that have unnerved the small Baltic States that are the most recent entrants into NATO, Mr. Trump said that if Russia attacked them, he would decide whether to come to their aid only after reviewing whether those nations “have fulfilled their obligations to us.”

Reuters reported in April that Trump’s “America First” message was alarming U.S. allies, and he upset many allies of America when he proposed banning all Muslims from entering the United States. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said in March that U.S. allies are “definitely worried” about a potential Trump presidency.

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims ― 1.6 billion members of an entire religion ― from entering the U.S.