It is hard to determine whether the diplomatic blunders of our apprenticing president are due to foreign policy foolishness and inexperience or a deliberate effort to diminish American influence and power in the world. In either case, our teleprompter-in-chief is pursuing a policy similar to that adopted by Jimmy Carter as a result of his confusing an established maxim. Consequently, he is naively seeking to enhance his international and domestic stature by punishing friends and rewarding enemies of the U.S.
It is bad enough that his pompous posturing is squandering the hard earned gains that prior presidents achieved. But, as this analysis makes clear, he also is selling out and putting at risk nations in eastern Europe that, upon gaining freedom from Soviet dominance, became allies of the U.S. in reliance on the power and willingness of the U.S. to protect their independence to do so. Sloughing off our obligations to these countries is sadly and shockingly immoral. It also is counterproductive as it demonstrates to all the world the unreliability and lack of steadfastness of America today.
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