Then to Now: The Shift of American Foreign Policy, and Where Trump Stands

American Thinker.com ^ | October 23, 2020 | Troy Smith

[Kaslin]

In 2020, President Donald J. Trump has picked up multiple nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. This is something the casual viewer of mainstream media outlets certainly would find stunning, given his constant portrayal as an autocratic tyrant, a fascist, and occasionally worse. While he did not win the 2020 prize, he has already been nominated for 2021 as well.

Why would he be nominated? One Finnish member of the European Parliament, Laura Huhtasaari, noted that Trump has made an effort to "end the era of endless wars, construct peace by encouraging dialogue and negotiations, as well as underpin internal cohesion" of various feuding nations (Shaw, 2020). Indeed, something curious has happened under President Trump that our Founders would likely have appreciated: no new wars, a desire for open communication and fair trade, and the recognition that aggressive foreign policy abroad tends to promote statism domestically. Who would have guessed four years ago that we would now have a major deal with Israel and Bahrain, another between Kosovo and Serbia, and even genuine progress with the North Koreans? With this in mind, it's worth looking at American foreign policy historically and presently, and how it would likely look moving forward with a second Trump term.

Since the inception of the nation up until World War 2, America largely remained a non-interventionist nation. Non-Interventionism implies the willingness to trade with almost any nation, have open lines of communication, and intervene politically or militarily only when it was absolutely clear that major American interests were at stake.

[Sacajaweau]

He’s got 4 nominations for the Peace Prize. That’s where he stands.