Governments around the world are fixated on the apparent struggle in Washington over President Trump’s foreign policy: Will the ethno-nationalism of Stephen K. Bannon dominate, or the traditional muscular conservatism of Vice President Pence? U.S. allies and adversaries may do as much to shape Trump’s eventual direction as debates in the White House situation room. With its removal, the rationale for a U.S. policy based on Bannon’s showdown between “Judeo-Christian” America and “radical Islam” took a significant hit. If one or more of them wins, the Bannon world could be upon us. That would be a world in which only a Pence foreign policy could succeed — though in the chaos presidency of Donald Trump, it doesn’t mean Bannon will lose out.

Source: Washington Post March 06, 2017 00:33 UTC