{"id":293876,"date":"2025-04-30T06:08:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/unpredictable-and-disruptive-or-canny-and-persistent-what-exactly-is-donald-trumps-foreign-policy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T06:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:08:04","slug":"unpredictable-and-disruptive-or-canny-and-persistent-what-exactly-is-donald-trumps-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/unpredictable-and-disruptive-or-canny-and-persistent-what-exactly-is-donald-trumps-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpredictable and disruptive or canny and persistent – what exactly is Donald Trump’s foreign policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So, after 100 days of Donald Trump the big question for me remains – does the US president have a coherent foreign policy or is he just winging it?<\/p>\n

Let’s take his attitude to the war in Ukraine<\/strong><\/a> – here “inconsistent” is perhaps the best description.<\/p>\n

Back in February, he and vice president JD Vance<\/strong><\/a> humiliated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by shouting at him in the Oval Office.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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A few days later, I spoke to Mr Zelenskyy<\/strong><\/a> in person when he confided to me that maybe he would have to step down if NATO could guarantee Ukraine membership – a man who perhaps sensed he could never win against a hostile Mr Trump.<\/p>\n

Yet, fast-forward to last weekend in Rome, and an iconic picture of the two men in close conversation at the Pope’s funeral<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This time round, it is Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/strong><\/a> on the receiving end of the presidential anger, blaming him for the fact that “too many people are dying!”<\/p>\n

To Trump’s supporters, this is the smart negotiator, constantly repositioning himself as new information comes in, prior to pulling off a spectacular deal.<\/p>\n

To his many detractors, it indicates a dangerous incoherence that is replicated in other key areas, including tariffs as well as his relationship with his allies in Europe and his foes in Beijing<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Flexible or fallible; in control or all at sea? In the fast and furious world of Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>, it’s almost impossible to call.<\/p>\n

The only constants are his unwavering self-belief, or as the man himself says: “I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.”<\/p>\n

We shall see.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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