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Trump’s security strategy focuses on profit, not spreading democracy

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Donald Trump's administration has made a profit-driven approach a core element of its official foreign policy.

Donald Trump's administration has made a profit-driven approach a core element of its official foreign policy.

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Anton Troianovski

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WASHINGTON – Latin American countries must grant no-bid contracts to US companies. Taiwan’s significance boils down to semiconductors and shipping lanes. Washington’s “hectoring” of the wealthy Persian Gulf monarchies needs to stop.

The world as seen from the White House is a place where America can use its vast powers to make money.

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