Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has reaffirmed his admiration of President Donald Trump, but he cautioned that there remains a strong contingent of imbedded Washington neocons actively working to undermine the president’s agenda.

Speaking to Breitbart last week for a piece published on Wednesday, Paul offered high praise for Trump’s recent remarks in the Middle East when he declared that the era of the United States being engaged in nation-building is over.

“I thought his remarks, particularly towards neocons and the nation-building stuff, were nothing short of remarkable, really. That’s the kind of thing that someone like myself has sort of wished for a long time, for someone to say, We’re not into nation-building and we’re not going to be getting involved in every war. Frankly, I think he’s doing a great job on the foreign policy front, getting them to invest over here, and having good relations is a good idea,” Paul said.

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