[Peace-discuss] On fp, the political establishment is hysterical because Trump is out maneuvering them

[C G Estabrook]

https://russia-insider.com/en/politics/trumps-enemies-are-hysterical-because-hes-out-maneuvering-them/ri24247 <https://russia-insider.com/en/politics/trumps-enemies-are-hysterical-because-hes-out-maneuvering-them/ri24247>

Trump is edging toward the defining battle of his presidency: a reshaping of U.S. foreign policy to avoid clashes and conflicts with Russia, and the shedding of Cold War commitments no longer rooted in the national interests of this country.
Yet, should he attempt to carry out his agenda — to get out of Syria, pull troops out of Germany, take a second look at NATO’s Article 5 commitment to go to war for 29 nations, some of which, like Montenegro, most Americans have never heard of — he is headed for the most brutal battle of his presidency.

This Helsinki hysteria is but a taste.
By cheering Brexit, dissing the EU, suggesting NATO is obsolete, departing Syria, trying to get on with Putin, Trump is threatening the entire U.S. foreign policy establishment with what it fears most — irrelevance.
For if there is no war on, no war imminent, and no war wanted, what does a War Party do?

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