Analysis: Another word for the Trump Doctrine — Pragmatism

The Trump Doctrine | by Richard Haass - Project Syndicate

For a long time, the United States sought to promote democracy and respect for human rights, annoying some and inspiring others. Those days are now gone, in some ways for better, but mostly for worse.

Analysis: Another word for the Trump Doctrine — Pragmatism

Jason’s viewWhen it comes to Middle Eastern diplomacy, rigid ideological thinking tends to undermine American interests. US President Donald Trump’s tour of Gulf capitals last month signaled that abstractions would no longer control the American approach to the region. Practical partnerships would.This was evident in 2017, when Trump said in Riyadh that he wasn’t there to “to lecture” nor “to tell other people how to live.” While that speech was…