Wer leitet die amerikanische Verteidigungspolitik?

Submission Statement: *In Trump’s current administration, irrational tariffs and brutal immigration enforcement are the two big ideas. Both have foreign-policy ramifications, but they are being pursued by Trump and his team primarily as domestic political issues. Everything else is on the periphery of the White House’s vision:* [*Pakistan and India*](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/india-pakistan-trump-rubio/682723/)*,* [*nuclear weapons*](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/08/nuclear-command-control-football-iran/683256/)*, the Middle East (or nuclear weapons and the Middle East), the Ukraine war. All of these get Trump’s temporary attention in the form of a quick evaluation of their utility to Trump personally, and then they’re dumped back outside the door of the Oval Office.*