Trump’s domestic policy agenda is more complicated, but that, too, is in keeping with the nature of the leadership that he exemplifies.
American President Donald Trump is the undisputed man of the moment.
His success in bringing about a ceasefire between Israel and Iran and his earlier intervention in the war between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan make him a wartime president in a pretend time of peace. His transactional view of the world diverges from the deeply ideological streak in American foreign policy that has produced policy paralysis and held back many of his predecessors from acting forcefully, exactly when the American presence was required most keenly abroad.
