Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Trump campaigns in Reno
Reuters: Trump would install loyalists to reshape U.S. foreign policy. Diplomats gird for "doomsday"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump in a second term would likely install loyalists in key positions in the Pentagon, State Department and CIA whose primary allegiance would be to him, allowing him more freedom than in his first presidency to enact isolationist policies and whims, nearly 20 current and former aides and diplomats said.
The result would enable Trump to make sweeping changes to the U.S. stance on issues ranging from the Ukraine war to trade with China, as well as to the federal institutions that implement - and sometimes constrain - foreign policy, the aides and diplomats said.
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WNU Editor: This is a silly Reuters report. Of course a US President will install loyalists in his administration to implement his policies. Should he appoint his opponents?
And I cannot let this one pass. In the above Reuters post it says the following ....
.... During his 2017-2021 term, Trump struggled to impose his sometimes impulsive and erratic vision on the U.S. national security establishment.
If according to Reuters President Trump's foreign policy was impulsive and erratic, I would love to know what they would call the current administration's foreign policy goals and achievements. This White House's foreign policy looks like an ongoing train wreck from where I stand.