Donald Trump’s real foreign policy vision in his second term remains an intriguing puzzle. The aspiration to “peace through strength”, for example, is not very easy to square with what appears to be a pointless weakening of allied relations – on which much of that “peace” depends in the first place – or with the notion of reducing the US military footprint across the world, starting with Europe. The crude takeover rhetoric directed at Greenland and Canada, the rush to settle with Russia, and the uncertainty over Taiwan policy seem to cut against the idea of making America great again, and against Trump’s otherwise clear interest in preserving US power in the world. But could there be some method – whether by design or accident – to what some critics call the “madness” of American policy today?
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