Tag: foreign policy

Foreign Policy in President Trump’s State of the Union

Donald Trump is a self-proclaimed “America First” president. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that has translated into a much stronger focus on domestic issues than foreign policy. This is not to say President Trump has no foreign policy,...

/ February 1, 2018

A most futile foreign policy

This election is, unfortunately, not about policy. It’s a popularity contest. A polarity contest. It’s about proving how bad the other candidate is. Both Trump and Clinton have terrible favorability ratings. Clinton is seen unfavorably...

/ July 21, 2016

Foreign policy in 4 years of State of the Union addresses

Syria – “Assad is on the way out… well, unless he’s not” 2012 (1 mention): “And in Syria, I have no doubt that the Assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change cannot...

/ January 21, 2015