Trump Never Has Been a Sincere Advocate of Realism and Restraint

Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Galen Carpenter

“Expectations for a restrained foreign policy by a Trump administration were naïve. We now have strong evidence. Even before President Donald Trump ordered B-2 bombers to attack Iran’s nuclear sites and plunge the United States into another Middle East war, it should have been apparent that he has never been committed to a foreign policy of realism and restraint.” (06/23/25)

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