Trump's Transactional Foreign Policy

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Foreign policy involves much more than just eloquent speeches; it means working strategically for an authoritative, or at least more representative, seat at the high tables of global governance.

Trump's Transactional Foreign Policy

Bill Maher Sparks Spicy Debate On Trump's Bold Foreign Policy Vision: WATCH

Bill Maher thinks President Donald Trump's foreign policy doctrine is based on realism and not idealism.The President spent much of the past week in the Middle East striking deals with the Gulf states. The most notable was a $600 billion economic deal with Saudi Arabia.The deal includes more than $140 billion in arms sales to the oil-rich nation. Bill Maher, Scott Jennings and Peter Hamby got into a very blunt and frank discussion Friday night a…

A Trump doctrine in foreign policy? He just made it clearer than ever #News #Canadian #CDN #Canada

In one notable speech, on one memorable trip, we saw the clearest ever outline of what one might call the Trump Doctrine in foreign policy. The current U.S. president doesn’t tend to indulge in grand theory talk, but he effectively laid one out in Saudi Arabia. It might be summed up as: less moralizing, more money.  In other words, the pursuit of prosperity takes precedence over lofty rhetoric about democracy. This, in his telling, is a recipe f…