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<p>The media&#8217;s coverage of President Donald Trump has been overwhelmingly negative. Analysts immediately branded Trump&#8217;s foreign policy a complete failure. But the critics have gotten a lot wrong and refuse to give Trump any credit. Overall the Trump administration has left behind the rhetoric of the campaign season and adopted foreign policies well suited to the challenges ahead.</p><p>Surprisingly, many of the controversial policy statements that Trump has made as president have been consistent with established U.S. policy. In the policies where he has broken with tradition, it has been to embrace much-needed change. Obviously, it is too early to pass definitive judgment.</p><p>However, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger believes that Trump&#8217;s own willingness to take bold action presents &#8220;an extraordinary opportunity for U.S foreign policy.&#8221;</p><p>President Trump cannot foresee all the foreign policy crises he will contend with, but he must be given credit for appointing an A-team that will guide him when a crisis does erupt.</p><p>The Trump administration has made mistakes.</p><p>The liberals have charged that Trump&#8217;s &#8220;America first&#8221; philosophy signals the end of international U.S. leadership. They forget that if the U.S. is not strong at home, it cannot be strong abroad. The world we live in is changing rapidly and our country must adapt if it is to succeed. Trump&#8217;s penchant for disruptive change will make him particularly well placed to oversee creative reinvigoration of U.S foreign policy.</p><p>Around the globe, Trump has started to correct the failures of the past eight years and position the U.S. to once again exert global leadership. Trump&#8217;s foreign policy must articulate a broad new strategy for re-engaging with the world as its leading democracy. President Trump may well, as Kissinger predicted, go &#8220;down in history as a very considerable president.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Bill Sarnak</strong></p><p>Harding</p><style>
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