Trump’s Random Walks: Unpredictable Politics and Chaotic Foreign Policy

Trump’s Random Walks: Unpredictable Politics and Chaotic Foreign Policy

The Financial Times recently published a comment from an anonymous major oil company executive vis-à-vis investment in Venezuela, “No one wants to go in there when a random fucking tweet can change the entire foreign policy of the country…” Recently, I endured a couple of weeks of people outside the United States explaining to me, indeed lecturing me, on what the Trump administration’s cabal’s strategy, objectives and purposes are; to which I we…

Students and faculty express mixed feelings about Trump administration foreign policy

Since entering office in January 2025, the Trump administration has striven to "reshape the post-World War II international order" through its foreign policy, according to the Brookings Institution. The Dartmouth spoke to community members about President Donald Trump's foreign policy record, including the administration's actions around Venezuela, Greenland and Iran.The Trump administration's foreign policy has increasingly come into focus sinc…