Submission statement: An analysis on the continued disruptions to the economic & strategic interests between U.S. and E.U. UK, everyone
2Lore2Law on
The worst part? Nobody voted for this. The only FoPo that Trump talked about onnthe campaign trail was basically contesting China (good) and tariffs (bad). He never talked about burning the fucking ledger
2Lore2Law on
Also for whatever it’s worth, this guy still doesn’t take it seriously enough.
Imagine writing this and still being a “dems bad too” independent. Robert Kagan can eat my whole ass
PaxChelonia on
> Meanwhile, the administration’s National Security Strategy regards Russia and China not as adversaries or even competitors but as partners in carving up the world. With its significant emphasis on restoring “American pre-eminence” in the Western Hemisphere, Trump’s strategy embraces a multipolar world in which Russia, China, and the United States exercise total dominance in their respective spheres of interest.
This is painting Trump as a traditional realist, but I feel like there are still people in the administration who care about keeping China away from Taiwan and there’s still some (though not nearly enough) support for Ukraine.
I don’t think Trump’s foreign policy doctrine is as coherent as this article makes it out to be. It seems more like people from 4 different ideologies constantly competing to be the last person Trump talked to.
SomethingLikeaLawyer on
The saddest part about all of this is that, despite traditional protestations, it wasn’t the expense of maintaining the liberal order that Trump embraces, it’s the fact that the European leaders hurt Trump’s feelings. They said mean things about him, therefore they must be treated as enemies. Forget 19th-century sphere-of-influence politics, this is monarchist foreign policy where the sovereign wages war in fits of pique.
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Submission statement: An analysis on the continued disruptions to the economic & strategic interests between U.S. and E.U. UK, everyone
The worst part? Nobody voted for this. The only FoPo that Trump talked about onnthe campaign trail was basically contesting China (good) and tariffs (bad). He never talked about burning the fucking ledger
Also for whatever it’s worth, this guy still doesn’t take it seriously enough.
Imagine writing this and still being a “dems bad too” independent. Robert Kagan can eat my whole ass
> Meanwhile, the administration’s National Security Strategy regards Russia and China not as adversaries or even competitors but as partners in carving up the world. With its significant emphasis on restoring “American pre-eminence” in the Western Hemisphere, Trump’s strategy embraces a multipolar world in which Russia, China, and the United States exercise total dominance in their respective spheres of interest.
This is painting Trump as a traditional realist, but I feel like there are still people in the administration who care about keeping China away from Taiwan and there’s still some (though not nearly enough) support for Ukraine.
I don’t think Trump’s foreign policy doctrine is as coherent as this article makes it out to be. It seems more like people from 4 different ideologies constantly competing to be the last person Trump talked to.
The saddest part about all of this is that, despite traditional protestations, it wasn’t the expense of maintaining the liberal order that Trump embraces, it’s the fact that the European leaders hurt Trump’s feelings. They said mean things about him, therefore they must be treated as enemies. Forget 19th-century sphere-of-influence politics, this is monarchist foreign policy where the sovereign wages war in fits of pique.