Perhaps the greatest change of direction in the world Zeitgeist derived from the second coming of Trump —and probably the most consequential legacy of his administration— is a prospective reformulation of US foreign policy. Together, the popular legitimacy of Trump’s second mandate, the lack of circumstantial political constraints associated with the quest for re-election, and intense geopolitical convulsion open a window of opportunity to make this happen. Such a course of action would be a departure from the inertial bipartisan trajectory followed by the US for decades after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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