Worth a separate thread I think.
Many who opposed Trump's general assholeness found consolation in some of his statements on his proposed foreign policy, namely a willingness for dialogue with Russia, an apparent reluctance to engage in regime change, an indication on breaking the neo-con/liberal interventionist hold of the Beltway think tanks, and a tougher stance on ISIS and those allies who have helped facilitate its rise - some have even called him an isolationist, but 'America First' seems to describe it best.
At the same time, he has described himself as "the most militaristic" guy going, wants to roll back the Iran deal (and bomb them if they pi$s him off), seemingly doesn't feel any real responsibility to respect America's alliances, including the mother of them all NATO, or have an appreciation of the seriousness of the nuclear balance, and generally seems completely in awe of military power.
Here's his keynote speech on Foreign Policy made back in April:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW8RqLN3Qao
So how will it play out? Is there a coherent worldview there, or has he just been saying what his base wanted to hear? How much of this stuff will/can he implement, and how much opposition might he face from the establishment foreign policy hacks who seem to dominate Washington?
Trump's Foreign Policy
posted on 9/11/16
@Ttliv87 Russia pretty effectively outmaneuvered USA in Syria, so perhaps she would've had a change of heart.. She was way too stubborn though, and her history came back to bite her in the ***
posted on 9/11/16
My concern is he appears to be lacking basic geopolitical understanding, and as a result, has quite a childish view of the world. Thus I am not sure he will adequately process and understand the essence of the mentioned intelligence briefings. I sincerely hope I am wrong.
posted on 9/11/16
Which of your personas was for trump and which for clinton?
posted on 9/11/16
Vishnu- a trump supporter pretending to be a Clinton supporter
posted on 9/11/16
This is classified information so please don't tell anyone: I've heard that Donald Trump is planning to take a boat ride down the Thames. Make sure that you and your loved ones remain safe!
posted on 9/11/16
I'll chip in.
Trump's foreign policy is going to be heavily influenced by whoever he chooses as Secretary of State. That being said, I am optimistic that the US and Kremlins can finally sit in one room as negotiators rather than enemies. We can hear from one another what we want to do on the global scale and hopefully listen to one another too.
I don't think he will be a loose cannon on the international stage as that is just not good business.
posted on 9/11/16
I can see Der Trump and Mr Putin having a bromance...
posted on 9/11/16
Iran are friendly with Russia so it will be interesting to see how he deals with that issue. Putin will want him to improve relations with them.
I'm hoping he will give Assad support in Syria.
posted on 10/11/16
Yeah if relations with Russia can improve at least that's a plus.
posted on 10/11/16
His business successes must have relied on him picking the right people to run things. I hope that this continues during his presidency as despite taking some pleasure in his victory it is undeniable that he is something of a bully and acts like a spoilt child at
times.
Immediately press started to refer to his manufacturing promises and how little manufacturing makes up of the American economy while failing to see the reasons why. Good luck to America and the white house hairdresser and look forward to the 2020 fight between trump and Kanye west .