Susan Rice in an op-ed published Monday decried President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's foreign policy, saying he was putting his political party before country and singling out his policies and rhetoric toward Russia, Israel and Venezuela.

"Mr. Trump welcomes and encourages Russia, a hostile adversary, to interfere in our elections so long as the manipulations benefit him," Rice, a former national security adviser to President Obama, wrote in The New York Times.

"He discards decades of bipartisan policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to curry favor with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin (Bibi) NetanyahuMORE of Israel, and thus right-wing political support," she continued. "The president follows a basic, if unorthodox, playbook: He and his party over our country."

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Rice was particularly critical of Trump's strategy in Latin America, citing its approach to the ongoing situation in Venezuela. The Trump administration has backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó as it imposes mounting sanctions on embattled President Nicolas Maduro.

While Rice credited the Trump administration for backing Guaidó, she took issue with its policies toward Cuba, which White House officials have said is propping up Maduro's government. Rice claimed Trump's hard-line against Cuba and threats of military action in Venezuela was meant in part to rile up his base.

She cited fresh sanctions against Havana, and the Trump administration's decision to block a deal that would have made it easier for Cuban baseball players to come to the U.S. to play professionally. The moves ran contrary to the Obama administration's efforts to open up relations with Cuba.

"Plenty of presidents before Mr. Trump have made serious, sometimes catastrophic foreign policy mistakes; but, few, if any, decided almost every aspect of foreign policy on the basis of what would help him get re-elected," Rice wrote.

The former national security adviser had floated a possible Senate run in Maine, but has since said she will not challenge Sen. Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsClub for Growth to spend million in ads for Trump Supreme Court nominee Maryland's GOP governor says Republicans shouldn't rush SCOTUS vote before election The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November MORE (R-Maine) in 2020.