The first year of the Trump administration's foreign policy has been a tale of Trump saying one thing and his administration's strategy documents saying something else entirely. Trump repeatedly articulates his worldview of populist nationalism. Some of his hired men echo his argot of vulgar realism. As previously noted, however, his National Security Strategy sounds almost Straussian in its subversion of “America First.” If one looks at administration actions while muting Trump's Twitter feed, one can kinda sorta see a poor man's version of liberal internationalism.
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