Source: The Atlantic
by Nancy A Youssef
“Trump has said that his ‘America First’ approach to foreign policy includes employing transactional diplomacy to benefit the U.S., stopping other nations from ‘taking advantage’ of American support, and using force to defend the Western Hemisphere. But events in Somalia suggest that ‘America First’ often looks very different in practice, especially when it comes to the use of the military. Trump may have avoided sending large numbers of troops to war in operations oriented around nation-building. But he has aggressively intervened in conflicts around the world, typically with a torrent of expensive air strikes launched from out of harm’s way or with the deployment of small groups of Special Forces.” (12/11/25)