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Donald Trump Has a Coherent, Radical Foreign Policy Doctrine
By George Friedman
January 20, 2017
George Friedman is chairman of Geopolitical Futures. This piece is part of a special RCW series on America’s role in the world during the Trump administration. The views expressed are the author’s own.
During the campaign for the American presidency, Donald Trump promised that in his administration only good things would happen. He was somewhat vague about what precisely was good and what was bad. In this, he was exactly like any other American presidential candidate. Unlike many, however, he provided some details of the specific issues that worried him, and a broader strategic vision. This vision was embedded in his unique rhetoric, but if we extract it, we have a clear roadmap. Trump’s rhetoric is a problem, but so is conventionally clear political rhetoric that clearly says nothing. I say this because I think that observers tend too readily to dismiss what he says. This is an attempt to decode it."
http://www.realclearworld.com/artic...t_radical_foreign_policy_doctrine_112180.html
George Friedman is a fart smeller... er... a... I mean a very smart feller. Many times he has very profound insights into geopolitics, (conventional wisdom based; not from orbit).
Enjoy the read, his guesses are prolly better then most and he isn't ideological, he bases his predictions on a massive amount of data and connections.
By George Friedman
January 20, 2017
George Friedman is chairman of Geopolitical Futures. This piece is part of a special RCW series on America’s role in the world during the Trump administration. The views expressed are the author’s own.
During the campaign for the American presidency, Donald Trump promised that in his administration only good things would happen. He was somewhat vague about what precisely was good and what was bad. In this, he was exactly like any other American presidential candidate. Unlike many, however, he provided some details of the specific issues that worried him, and a broader strategic vision. This vision was embedded in his unique rhetoric, but if we extract it, we have a clear roadmap. Trump’s rhetoric is a problem, but so is conventionally clear political rhetoric that clearly says nothing. I say this because I think that observers tend too readily to dismiss what he says. This is an attempt to decode it."
http://www.realclearworld.com/artic...t_radical_foreign_policy_doctrine_112180.html
George Friedman is a fart smeller... er... a... I mean a very smart feller. Many times he has very profound insights into geopolitics, (conventional wisdom based; not from orbit).
Enjoy the read, his guesses are prolly better then most and he isn't ideological, he bases his predictions on a massive amount of data and connections.
