We are now witnessing the fast-tracked consequences of US foreign policy for the last 25 years “run amuck” and derailed now that Donald Trump has proved his comeback was not by happenstance. His beating the odds, with many hurdles in his way, is a rude-awakening for many, for some — their worst nightmare—especially amongst Yellow Dog Democrats.
Day of Judgment
For instance, CNN should get an award with this one: Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work? Anything is better than what got us to where we are now; this article implies that the world is not already in the midst of chaos.
It would be an exaggeration to take such an article seriously, despite its op-ed tone and the well-known biases of CNN; it would be a stretch of the imagination that the piece provides a framework for understanding Trump’s foreign policy as an unpredictable force that challenges norms and international stability.
The contrast between the Trump and Biden (also known as “Genocide Joe”) administrations in dealing with issues like Israel, Iran, and Ukraine is well known. Why only now are claims being made about the lack of consistency of Trump’s policies, however controversial? Is it to disrupt his efforts to pick up the pieces of years of ruinous US foreign policy that has been over the top, starting from the Clinton Administration.
Administrations come and go, but the policy, at least until now, remains pretty much the same. Trump was also guilty of going along with the so-called experts in his first term, much to his dismay in retrospect, and not taking account of complicated histories and competing forces into consideration.
Trump would be wise to distance himself from Biden’s policies on issues like........