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What Trump could do in foreign policy might surprise the world
His approach to foreign policy can be pragmatic or unpredictable – or both at the same time
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Donald Trump’s approach to America’s place in the world is pragmatic or unpredictable or both, and it could offer surprising opportunities for peace.
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Curt Mills
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Love it or hate it, the United States has an imperial presidency, and in his first term, Donald Trump demonstrated a record of using such powers with noted relish on the world stage. As in many areas, he does not have a conventional approach to global relations. But it may turn out that, like presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush before him, Trump enjoys engagement with foreign policy.
His particular style of politics can be provocative, of course, but also effective. Trump’s approach to America’s place in the world is pragmatic or unpredictable or both, and it could offer surprising opportunities for peace.
