1. There's a weird tendency among foreign policy elite to describe Trump's foreign policy as one of "retreat." In fact, it's a policy of increased aggression.
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3. NY Times: world sees Trump's USA as "inward-looking.”
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4. In truth, far from being in retreat, isolationist, or in-ward looking Trump's foreign policy has been: more troops in Afghanistan, many more drones, & boasts about size of his nuclear button.
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5. Elite discourse about "isolationism" ignores fact Trump is actually a unilateralist & militarist.
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6. Both by design, by preference and partially by accident (Tillerson's incompetence) Trump has landed on foreign policy that is military first and side-lines diplomacy.
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7. Trump's America isn't isolationist or in retreat. It's much more dangerous: a rogue superpower:https://newrepublic.com/article/146459/america-not-retreat-its-rogue-superpower …
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Both can be true. He's posturing more aggressively militarily but retreating diplomatically
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both, actually.
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Reducing commitments, ratcheting up unilateralism
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