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Originally Posted by Original Position
However, in general a President's greatest personal impact is on foreign policy. Trump's conception of America's national interest ignores the value of its alliance system, the utility of international agreements, and the importance of American soft power and overestimates the danger of terrorism and Islamism. Furthermore, Trump is an ignorant fool who regularly eschews his intelligence and State Dept. briefings when speaking with foreign leaders and has appointed incompetent and unqualified advisors to key foreign policy positions. There is a reason that nearly every single foreign policy writer, even the Republican ones, were so strongly opposed to Trump during the election. Being President is not just about left/right ideology.
Disagree with this entirely. What you are not recognizing here is that we have a true chance of something different with Trump. Whether a Democrat or a Republican won the White House, we were getting more of the same. Never ending war, irresponsible economics, and the continued gutting of the middle class.
Trump won because people are tired of it. No matter what we choose, we are getting the same package, just with a different ribbon. Clinton would have continued our fighting in the middle east and could have possibly escalated things with Russia. Her talking about a no-fly zone over Syria would have been disastrous.
The average American just doesn't know the intricacies of middle eastern politics, how much power the Iranians and the Saudis have, why they are different both religiously and racially, and why they despise each other. The power vacuum from the Iraq disaster made Iran stronger. Our continued meddling in their regional politics makes us unsafe. With the immigration of so many Middle Easterners into the Western countries, we have new issues to deal with.
We truly get something different with Trump. Could it turn out disastrous? Yes. But you can't knock people for actually taking a chance for trying something different. Bush? War. Obama? War. Clinton? War.
If you want to blame someone, blame the establishment politicians for all being the same scumbags running under different flags.