Rich Goldberg senior advisor at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and former Trump administration NSC official, discusses the successes and pitfalls of Donald Trump's first term foreign policy, as well as what a second term might see.

Donald Trump knows how to set the American foreign policy blob's hair alight.

And he did it the other day when he said to Bloomberg Businessweek:

"I think Taiwan should pay us for defense. You know, we're no different than an insurance company. Taiwan doesn't give us anything."

Signs reading "America First Means America First" are seen during preparations for the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump's wording can seem like a verbal version of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, but as is often the case, his instincts aren't far off the mark.

TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SHOWS TO PUTIN AND XI THE WEST ON BIDEN’S WATCH IS VULNERABLE, UNFOCUSED

Countries that expect the Americans to show up when trouble comes calling can’t say they haven’t been warned.

For too long, American elites seemed to regard sending U.S. troops abroad as a real-world graduate school seminar to test their IR theories. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright displayed that in spades when she chided Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for not wanting to deploy U.S.........

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