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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Trump isn't a pacifist. Don't kid yourself. He's ignorant of foreign affairs so withdraws from discussions/engagements rather than read and learn. Numerous times during his first term he was willing to use nuclear weapons to solve problems, only be to be talked off the ledge by his advisors. If the West backs away from the region what do you think happens as a result of the political vacuum? I would suggest you will see Russia and China step in and make things worse. Can you imagine what would happen to Israel if the West withdrew? With Israel in the mix and there being an ocean of black gold under the region, the Middle East will always be a point of interest for the West.
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I wouldn't say that he's ignorant of foreign affairs, he just wants to run everything like a business negotiation. He wants American to lead on their terms.
Like one of the first things he did in 2017 was withdraw from TTP. Why is America in this trade agreement where the Asians call the shots, he says? It's not like he was blowing something popular up anyways, its was panned across the political spectrum. Trump's strategy, let's withdraw, and bring the Asians to the table on our terms to renegotiate. The Asians have invited China and Biden is not interested.
He then goes to the middle east, it's up to you guys to fight terrorism, not us. We're going to ban people from coming to the US until you do. He goes to NATO, you guys aren't paying your fair share, we're going to leave if you continue.
He withdraws from the Paris climate accord. Why are we shooting ourselves in the foot when other countries aren't, he says? They need to be put on the hook for emissions reductions. He's going to withdraw from the agreement again.
He puts together the QUAD, US, Japan, Australia, India, against China.
Withdrawl from Iran nuclear agreement
Meeting Kim, meeting Putin, meeting the Taliban.
There's a lot there. He mostly thinks America has made bad deals and puts pressures on countries to restructure them. Like threatening tariffs on Canada and Mexico. He'll probably get what he wants and will probably reduce them.