NATO

Mr. Trump has criticized NATO for not focusing on terrorism. Though little has changed about NATO since he became president, he has changed his perspective about the alliance.

“I think NATO may be obsolete.” Interview with Bloomberg Politics

“He asked me about NATO. I said it’s obsolete.” Campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wis., describing an interview with Wolf Blitzer

“I said NATO is obsolete, because it’s not taking care of terror.” Interview with ABC’s “This Week”

“I said a long time ago that NATO had problems. Number one, it was obsolete, because it was designed many, many years ago.” Joint interview with the Times of London and the German newspaper Bild

“I said it was obsolete. It’s no longer obsolete.” News conference at the White House

China and currency manipulation

Throughout the presidential campaign, Mr. Trump condemned China for manipulating its currency to gain an edge in trade.

“They’re devaluing their currency to a level that you wouldn’t believe. It makes it impossible for our companies to compete, impossible.” Speech announcing his presidential bid

“They are the greatest currency manipulators ever.” Speech at the Republican National Convention

“I am going to instruct my Treasury secretary to label China a currency manipulator, the greatest in the world.” Campaign speech

“I think they’re grand champions at manipulation of currency.” Interview with Reuters

“When you talk about currency manipulation, when you talk about devaluations, they are world champions.” Interview with The Financial Times

“They’re not currency manipulators.” Interview with The Wall Street Journal

Export-Import Bank

During his campaign, Mr. Trump denounced the Export-Import Bank, a taxpayer-funded agency that gives loans to American exporters.

“I don’t like it. I think it’s a lot of excess baggage. I think it’s unnecessary.” Interview with Bloomberg Politics

“Actually, it’s a very good thing. And it actually makes money; it could make a lot of money.” Interview with The Wall Street Journal

Syria

Mr. Trump urged the Obama administration to stay out of the Syrian civil war, and during his campaign he emphasized taking on the Islamic State instead of the Syrian government.

“Syria is NOT our problem.” Twitter post

“Do NOT attack Syria, fix U.S.A.” Twitter post

“I don’t like Assad at all, but Assad is killing ISIS, Russia is killing ISIS, and Iran is killing ISIS.” Presidential debate

“What we should do is focus on ISIS. We should not be focusing on Syria.” Interview with Reuters