Source: Foreign Policy
by Stephen M Walt
“I thought Trump’s Middle East policy would be a lot like Biden’s and that has proven to be the case thus far. Like former President Joe Biden, Trump is letting Israel do whatever it wants; the only real difference is that Trump doesn’t even pretend to be evenhanded and openly embraces ethnic cleansing instead of merely turning a blind eye to it. Trump is also taking a hard-line approach to China, just as Biden did during his four years in office and as Harris almost certainly would have done. Trump may eventually pursue some sort of grand bargain with Beijing and sell Taiwan down the river, but there’s no sign of it yet. If you look beyond the headline and read the actual article, it doesn’t look quite so silly. That said, there’s no question that I got some important things wrong.” (03/10/25)