It’s hard to attack the Trump administration’s foreign policy because it doesn’t have one.
The debate was a good reminder that there are actually two Trump administration foreign policies, one led by Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the other by Trump himself, and they only sometimes align. Pence did not mention these policies because he doesn’t agree with them.
For all the talk of how erratic he is, Trump’s foreign policy views are actually very consistent and predictable. He likes one-off transactional deals—preferably including a direct monetary benefit for the U.S.—but puts little value on long-term alliances, which he thinks result in the U.S. getting ripped off. He likes quick, violent displays of U.S. military might like the Soleimani strike but not long-term U.S. troop deployments.
The reason the Trump administration’s foreign policy often seems incoherent is that, whether through laziness or ignorance, he hasn’t found people who share his views to implement his foreign policy. Instead, he relies on “” generals like James Mattis and H.R. McMaster or Fox News hawks like John Bolton. While he may like their superficial toughness, these men tend to hold the traditional view of Republican policymakers that the U.S.
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