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The former senator has an Asia business background but considers China an existential threat. Source link
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has now made nearly all of his key appointments. He has stacked his cabinet with China hawks, with one notable exception in Elon Musk. The incoming Trump team’s track record on China offers some clues as to where the administration might take China policy come January, and where clashes might emerge. […]
Conservative economist Oren Cass, the founder of the increasingly influential think tank American Compass, argues that tariffs are a price correction to incentivize domestic production. “The way we have to understand tariffs is as a recognition that making things does matter,” he explains. Conservative economist Oren Cass, the founder of the increasingly influential think tank […]
Just hours after former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his candidacy for U.S. attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to replace him. Bondi is a close Trump ally who served as Florida’s attorney general between 2011 and 2019. During Trump’s first presidency, she served on his opioid and […]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has 70 days until he takes office, but his foreign-policy decision-making has already begun. 1. The United Nations. On Monday, Trump nominated New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to be the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik is a longtime critic of the international body. She has accused the U.N. […]
When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump unexpectedly won his first term in 2016, it stunned European officials and sent them scrambling to puzzle out the implications for transatlantic ties. Not this time. When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump unexpectedly won his first term in 2016, it stunned European officials and sent them scrambling to puzzle out the […]
As in Israel, there is definitely a pro-Trump vibe from elites and officials in the Persian Gulf region of the Middle East. It is no secret that the Israelis and Arab Gulf leaders have a confluence of interests when it comes to Iran. They also tend to see former U.S. President Donald Trump—despite his actual […]
Comparing Trump’s and Harris’s foreign-policy plans in Africa. Source link