Whether because of his increasingly mercurial approach or despite it, President Trump has won some foreign policy victories in his second term. The question now is whether he can build on his record.
In his second term, the only thing predictable about President Trump’s handling of global affairs is that it will be an unpredictable mix of instinct, grievance and ego.
President Trump and his defense secretary say they want to return to the era when America won wars. They largely ignore the greatest accomplishment of the past 80 years: avoiding superpower conflict.