Recent comments from Trump disparaging NATO allies have put this question on the front burner in Washington and other world capitals. Biden’s foreign policy weaknesses opens the door for Trump to show voters he will take a different approach. Jacksonians, like Trump and his most ardent supporters today, have a highly sceptical view of America’s involvement in global affairs. (Trump was so enamoured with Jackson, in fact, he had a portrait of the former president hanging in the Oval Office.) Trump immediately identified Abe as “friend.”After then-Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had an unpleasant phone call with Trump in 2017, the Australian ambassador to the US, Joe Hockey, took to the links with Trump.

Source: The Star February 27, 2024 16:45 UTC