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The world as a jungle – understanding Trump’s foreign policy

Three big beasts – the US, China and Russia – dominate in their respective hunting grounds.

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The real questions now facing both America’s allies and rivals are whether Mr Trump’s vision will endure as the US starts to grapple with the expected and considerable backlash against his policies.

A question facing the US’ allies and rivals is whether US President Donald Trump’s vision will endure as the US starts to grapple with the backlash against his policies.

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“You don’t have the cards right now!”

This sentence, uttered with anger and contempt by US President Donald Trump to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as

the visiting Ukrainian leader was publicly humiliated in front of the world’s TV cameras

while visiting the White House, is destined to go down in history as one of the more memorable lines of the Trump presidency.

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