Trump’s National Security Strategy Balances Global Engagement with ‘High Bar’ for Intervention

Trump’s national security strategy balances global engagement with ‘high bar’ for intervention

As an ideological battle plays out in the Republican Party over whether America should adopt an engaged approach to global affairs or take a more restrained one, a new National Security Strategy authored by the Trump administration offers a clear-cut answer — presenting America as deeply engaged, so long as the policies adopted by Washington are deemed to put “America First” by President Donald Trump. Trump has no qualms about using unusual stra…

"President Trump uses unconventional diplomacy"

"The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over." Since 1986 American presidents have published national security strategy statements. With the recently posted "National Security Strategy of the United States of America" the Trump administration now proclaims its views and plans for its foreign policy and the world. There's a lot in the document, including a Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, continuin…