Trump widersetzt sich den Isolationisten

Writing at *Freedom Frequency*, Hoover Institution Distinguished Visiting Fellow [Matt Pottinger](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/matt-pottinger) assesses the Trump administration’s foreign policy approach. He writes:

>Shortly after President Trump’s second inauguration, I published an [article](https://www.thefp.com/p/memo-to-trump-america-first-china-russia-iran) exploring whether a “Trump Doctrine” might emerge in his second term that would entail two things: the reassertion of US dominance in the Western Hemisphere, and a US retreat from the Eastern Hemisphere and its nettlesome flashpoints like Ukraine, the Middle East, and Taiwan.

>The first part certainly appears to be coming true. . . But the second part—US retreat from the Eastern Hemisphere—so far hasn’t come to pass.

Pottinger argues that President Trump is diverging from the isolationist wing of his party, as well as key staff members, while making statements (and taking actions) that support deterrence. How will this mesh with the Pentagon’s draft national defense strategy, which puts a priority on policing the homeland and the Western Hemisphere? The president who has bombed Iran, reinforced Ukraine, and bucked up NATO has, most notably, taken a giant profile in ending the fighting in Gaza. Now, Pottinger writes, the “odds are good that Trump will see Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s ambitions much as he has come to see Putin’s.“