President Donald Trump’s still-evolving foreign policy doctrine is the subject of contentious debate within the foreign policy establishment. The disagreement stems from such things as the administration’s unconventional approach to dealing with U.S. allies (including Germany, Canada, and NATO more broadly), as well as with less friendly actors in Russia, North Korea and Syria.
Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, the U.S. seems caught between its postwar role as leader of the international order and Trump’s belief that it is time for the United States to question some heretofore fundamental assumptions in dealing with the world and to scale back some international commitments. …
Combining Americans’ preferred role for the U.S. in world affairs with their views on U.S. defense spending results in five different foreign policy groups among the U.S. public, as follows. CONT.
V. Lance Tarrance, Gallup