I will be posting this week on my favorite subject…..foreign policy……the new prez is an unknown quantity and his policies have not been given a fair judgment by the analysts…..
We have been listening to all sides on this debate….some claim that Trump will be an isolationist…..and others think he will continue the line of psuedo-imperialism……he has said so much in the days of the campaign that few know for sure what we are getting when it comes to foreign policy.
I have said several times….his appointments to DoD and State will be very telling in the direction he wants this country to travel…..
What comes next? Two foreign policy scenarios for a Trump presidency.
In the hit musical Hamilton, King George, newly estranged from the revolutionary American colonies, challenges his former subjects to justify their choice. “What comes next?” he asks, “You’ve been freed. Do you know how hard it is to lead? You’re on your own. Awesome, wow! Do you have a clue what happens now?”
We might well ask the same question.
The unexpected elevation of Donald Trump to the Presidency presents a failure for pollsters, a reorientation of American politics, and raises the fundamental question of what kind of policies a Trump administration is likely to pursue. On foreign policy, Trump’s statements throughout the campaign have been profoundly incoherent, ranging from more traditional hawkish Republican views on issues like the Iran deal, to more unorthodox, restrained views on Syria and other Middle Eastern conflicts, to his more conciliatory approach to Russia and truly bizarre fixation with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin.
Source: Isolationist or Imperialist? | Cato @ Liberty
Analysts such as myself are waiting for the hammer to drop…..his appointees will be that hammer and foreign policy will be the nail….the fave for SecState does not fill me with optimism….
Please NO excuses…..comment on the two types of foreign policy….our citizens will have to enforce whatever set of policies this new prez has eventually decided on as his……
I think he’ll need time to ease into a lot of situations all at once. As Joe Biden said the other day, him and Obama weren’t ready that first day, no one has ever been ‘ready’ on that first day – it’s just too enormous.
That is true….his final appointees will point the way to the future…..as they say…..
Um, in Trump’s case, I might not say that’s true either. That’s why I keep saying, I’ll wait and see. Making suppositions is what gave Hillary her deep disappointment.
Trump has to fill hundreds, if not thousands, or positions. I’m surprised the man hasn’t exploded yet based on the millions of directions he’s being pulled.
His AG tells me that he will be used to cover stuff up…Sessions is a yes man at best….chuq
I see lots of strings flying around.
Me also….not a good sign at least at this time of the process…
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Thanx for the kind words and I am pleased that you like IST…..I appreciate the visit….chuq