1. There's a school of thought that Trump is neglecting American soft power -- especially public diplomacy. Not true.
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2. Trump does public diplomacy but only in Europe. His alt-right "we want God" speech in Poland was public diplomacy.
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3. Trump's "We want God" speech was highly effective -- it seems to have energized Polish fascism!
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4. Where Trump doesn't do public diplomacy is Asia -- where he prefers to deal with autocrats rather than general public.
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5. One reason for Trump to avoid public diplomacy in Asia: hard to sell white nationalism to non-whites.
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6. I tease out implications of Trump promoting alt right in Europe & working with autocrats in Asia:https://newrepublic.com/article/145814/trumps-white-nationalist-foreign-policy …
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