DONALD TRUMP, Republican Presidential Candidate:

My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people, and American security, above all else. Has to be first. Has to be.

That will be the foundation of every decision that I will make. After the Cold War, our foreign policy veered badly off course. We went from mistakes in Iraq to Egypt to Libya, to President Obama's line in the sand in Syria. Each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos, and gave ISIS the space it needs to grow and prosper.

I have a simple message for them. Their days are numbered. I won't tell them where and I won't tell them how. Our allies are not paying their fair share. And I have been talking about this recently a lot. Our allies must contribute toward their financial, political and human costs, have to do it, of our tremendous security burden.

And, if not, the U.S. must be prepared to let these countries defend themselves. We will discuss how we can upgrade NATO's outdated mission and structure grown out of the Cold War to confront our shared challenges, including migration and Islamic terrorism.

We desire to live peacefully and in friendship with Russia and China. We have serious differences with these two nations and must regard them with open eyes, but we are not bound to be adversaries. I believe an easing of tensions and improved relations with Russia, from a position of strength only, is possible.

Fixing our relations with China is another important step. China respects strength, and by letting them take advantage of us economically, which they are doing like never before, we have lost all of their respect. We have a massive trade deficit with China, a deficit that we have to find a way quickly to balance.

Under a Trump administration, no American citizen will ever again feel that their needs come second to the citizens of a foreign country.

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I will view as president the world through the clear lens of American interests. I will be America's greatest defender and most loyal champion. We will not apologize for becoming successful again, but will instead embrace the unique heritage that makes us who we are.

The world is most peaceful and most prosperous when America is strongest.