Every President Has a Foreign Policy. Trump Has Five.
The world should worry about the president’s team of rivals, from global hawks to Asia Firsters to MAGA hard-liners.
Marco Rubio, global hawk.
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President Donald Trump has come out firing, with a fusillade of policy actions and executive orders meant to reshape America’s approach to the world. In doing so, Trump has also made clear that this is his administration: No “axis of adults” will thwart his plans this time around.
But if loyalty is the watchword of Trump’s second administration, there are still profound intellectual debates within the government and political movement he leads. Trump’s foreign policy will be shaped by how he adjudicates a contest of ideas — and some brutal bureaucratic combat — among five key schools of thought.