Excellent essay by Tom Nichols -- "Who’s Running American Defense Policy?" "This administration was never directed or staffed with any coherent foreign policy in mind beyond Trump’s empty “America First” sloganeering.
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Less than a year into his second term, it’s clear that the goals of Trump’s 2024 run for the presidency were, in order of importance, to keep Trump out of prison, to exact revenge on Trump’s enemies, and to allow Trump and his allies to enrich themselves by every possible means.
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No one had to think much about who would defend America or conduct its diplomacy; Trump’s appointees were apparently chosen largely for shock value and trolling efficacy rather than competence." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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