1. There are individual Trump foreign policy moves that are good (i.e. working with China on Korea) but taken as whole? Incoherence
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2. Here's a summary of the incoherence of Trump policy on just one issue (North Korea) in one day:https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/857792579437436928 …
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3. The thing we have to wrap our heads around is that America, long the guaranteer of international order, is now a destabilizing force.
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4. Of course, "the adults" (the generals, Javinka) are supposed to have reigned in Trump's destabilizing tendencies. But that's not so.
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5. The rise of "the adults" has just created a new power center carrying out policies often at variance with Trump. That's not stability!
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6. It's true that aspects of USA being a destabilizing global force predate Trump: G.W. Bush policy of regime change in Middle East.
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7. But earlier American destabilizing efforts had some strategic rational. Trump is like "let's throw cards in air & see where the land"
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8. Best case scenario is other countries (as China & Mexico already have) conclude Trump is a blowhard & disregard his words.
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9. In that best case scenario, American soft power rapidly declines & other nations step up to plate to maintain international order.
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10. Worst case scenario? Some leader like Kim Jong-un takes Trump's bluster literally & we get a horrific war.
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