#Biden calls #America’s democratic values the “grounding wire of our global power” & its #alliances “our greatest asset.” …#Trump, called for withdrawing American forces in #Europe & #Asia & has promised… to cut loose even our closest #allies if they don’t do as he tells them. …Trump sees all countries as unreliable, the relations between them #transactional. That sentiment has spread throughout a #GOP that once championed America’s values abroad…
During his 40 months in office, events have tested #Biden’s vision of American world leadership. #Alliances haven’t been enough to win a new European #war in #Ukraine. US #power & leverage haven’t prevented a #humanitarian catastrophe in the #MiddleEast, marked by alleged #WarCrimes. #Putin is trying to assemble an axis of #autocrats from #Tehran to #Beijing. In #China, the US faces an adversary potentially its equal in economic & military power intent on tearing down the American #GlobalOrder.
…TFG’s admiration for #autocrats has been reported b4, but in comments by Trump recounted to me for my new book, “The Return of Great Powers,” …Kelly & others who served under #Trump give new insight into why they warn that a man who consistently praises #autocratic ldrs opposed to #UnitedStates interests is ill-suited to lead the country in the GreatPower clashes that could be coming, telling me they believe that the root of his admiration for these figures is that he envies their #power.