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The foreign policy of the second Donald Trump administration has been described as expansionist in its approach to the Americas,[1] and isolationist in its approach to Europe, espousing an "America First" policy and what is being characterized as a 'hardline' version of the Monroe Doctrine.[2][3][4] Trump's administration broke the post-1945 rules-based liberal international order and abandoned multilateralism.[5][6][7] Trump's relations with U.S. allies have been transactional and ranged from indifference to hostility, while he has sought friendlier relations with certain U.S. adversaries.[8][9] The administration is generally opposed to international cooperation on areas such as the environment, global health, or the economy, which it views as against the national interest; it seeks to reduce or end foreign aid, and to change relationships and policies accordingly.[10][11]
Trump started a trade war with Canada and Mexico and continued the ongoing trade war with China. He repeatedly said he wants to annex Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal. He has taken a hardline pro-Israel stance. In response to the Gaza War, he proposes taking over the Gaza Strip, forcibly relocating the Palestinian population to other Arab states, and rebuilding Gaza into a tourist resort. Trump has sought realignment with Vladimir Putin's Russia, a longtime adversary of the U.S..[8][9][12] To end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Trump's administration offered concessions to Russia, suspended all military aid to Ukraine, requested half of Ukraine's oil and minerals as payment for U.S. support, and said that Ukraine bore partial responsibility for the invasion. These moves have been criticized by most of the United States' allies and by many international organizations.
Trump's foreign policy has been described as "realist"[6][7] and is likened to the foreign policy of former president William McKinley.[13][14][15]
- ^ "Trump revives Monroe Doctrine in U.S. relations with Western Hemisphere". The Washington Post. February 28, 2025.
- ^ Colvin, Jill; Gillies, Rob (January 9, 2025). "Trump, the 'America First' candidate, has a new preoccupation: Imperialism". The Associated Press. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
But since winning a second term, the president-elect has been embracing a new imperialist agenda, threatening to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland — perhaps by military force — and saying he will use economic coercion to pressure Canada to become the nation's 51st state.
- ^ Stephen, Collinson (January 8, 2025). "Trump's threats to Greenland, Canada and Panama explain everything about America First". CNN. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
Donald Trump's imperialist designs on Greenland, Canada and Panama often sound like the ramblings of a real estate shark who equates foreign and trade policy to a hunt for new deals. But there's method in his expansionist mindset.
- ^ Smolar, Piotr (January 8, 2025). "Donald Trump's rhetoric of a new American imperialism". Le Monde. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
At a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, January 7, Trump reiterated the idea of American expansion, which he believes would validate his promise of a "golden age" made to voters.
- ^ "Donald Trump has begun a mafia-like struggle for global power". The Economist. February 27, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
The rupture of the post-1945 order is gaining pace. In extraordinary scenes at the UN this week, America sided with Russia and North Korea against Ukraine and Europe. Germany's probable new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, warns that by June NATO may be dead. Fast approaching is a might-is-right world in which big powers cut deals and bully small ones.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Basu, Zachary (February 28, 2025). "Trump's new world order: Strongmen make the rules". Axios. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
The international order forged after World War II is imploding, squeezed on all sides by the return of strongmen, nationalism and spheres of influence — with President Trump leading the charge. ... Trump's approach is based, according to U.S. officials, in "realism".
- ^ a b Blaxland, John (February 18, 2025). "Trump's view of the world is becoming clear: America's allies come second to its own interests". The Conversation. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ a b Erlanger, Steven (February 27, 2025). "Indifference or Hostility? Trump's View of European Allies Raises Alarm". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
Mr. Trump has rebuffed NATO and aligned himself with the longstanding, principal threat to the alliance: Russia.
- ^ a b Broadwater, Luke (February 27, 2025). "With Trump, Alliances Come With Strings Attached". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
But it underscores Mr. Trump's impulse to squeeze even America's traditional allies as he applies his transactional approach to foreign policy.
- ^ "Trump Debate: Sovereignty Over "International Cooperation"". January 20, 2025.
- ^ Tremblay-Boire, Joannie, As Trump tries to slash US foreign aid, here are 3 common myths many Americans mistakenly believe about it, The Conversation, February 5, 2025
- ^ Baker, Peter (February 25, 2025). "Under Trump, America's New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
It would be hard to think of a starker demonstration of how radically Mr. Trump is recalibrating America's place in the world after barely a month back in office. He is positioning the United States in the camp of the globe's chief rogue states in opposition to the countries that have been America's best friends since World War II or before.
- ^ "The new American imperialism". The Economist. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ Jeong, Andrew (January 27, 2025). "Why Trump admires President McKinley, the original 'tariff man'". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ Sanger, David E. (January 22, 2025). "Why Is This Long-Dead President Trump's New Hero?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 28, 2025.