The world has rarely looked so dangerous. The need for a strong and assertive American foreign policy has never been greater. For that reason, a second Trump term built on “peace through strength” will be welcomed not only by American voters but also by the free world at large.
What will a Trump foreign policy in his second term, look like? As the Biden presidency flounders, that’s the question foreign leaders from the NATO summit this past week to capitals in Africa, Latin America, and East Asia—not to mention dictators in Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran—are asking themselves.
Some have tried to read the tea leaves left from Trump’s first term. However, the world has changed drastically and for the worse since he left office in January of 2021, and America’s strategic position has sharply deteriorated after three and half years of Joe Biden in the White House. We’ve seen the catastrophic abandonment of Afghanistan, Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine, and Hamas and Iran attacking Israel. We’ve seen our southern border collapse thanks to illegal immigration and Mexican drug cartels. America has been a largely passive spectator to China’s inexorable pressure on Taiwan as well as the Philippines. At the same time, Beijing’s influence in the Global South has gone unchecked—including in our own Latin American backyard.
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