The United States president will need to navigate through very turbulent waters. Many foreign affairs experts believe that Trump lacks the temperament, skills and patience that would be required to deal with the emerging situations. This is akin to the United States’ Monroe Doctrine which led Washington to proclaim that it would not tolerate interference of outside powers in Latin America which it regarded as its backwater. They are producing waves of migrations that are hitting the shores of Europe and applying pressure on the United States’ southwestern border. Is the situation in the post-post Cold War era worse than what it was after the end of the Second World War?

Source: The Express Tribune April 15, 2019 04:58 UTC