But, but, but ... @JustinRaimondo & @mtracey told me Trump wanted a less interventionist foreign policy.https://twitter.com/NazeninA/status/870574108240748544 …
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Michael Tracey Retweeted Michael Tracey
Jeet, try reading this passage over and over again until you can finally comprehend the "non-interventionist" point.https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/846242063687442433 …
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How does pushing for regime change in Iran fit into that?
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Trump advocated aggressive measures toward Iran all throughout the campaign. Also advocated ramping up bombing against ISIS, etc.
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Hence, the point was always that although Trump evinced some non-interventionist instincts, he evinced additional, contradictory instincts.
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Which meant he was never going to be a reliable tribune of across-the-board "non-interventionism." Nobody ever seriously claimed that.
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Trump is also reportedly upholding the Iran Deal -- because his policy is a mishmash of countervailing instincts.http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/17/528806647/trump-administration-upholds-iran-sanctions-waiver-keeping-nuclear-deal-alive …
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