Victor Davis Hanson: The Trump "Vise Policy" That's Squeezing the Rogue Maduro Regime President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is difficult to categorize using conventional labels. It is neither interventionist nor rooted in nation-building, and it is certainly not isolationist—despite persistent claims from the Left. A more accurate description would be to call Trump's approach a "Vise Policy." He applies sustained economic, diplomatic, and political pressure to "squeeze" renegade countries rath

Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Jacksonian Foreign Policy (With a Twist) Almost one year into his second term one thing is clear: President Donald Trump is neither an interventionist, nation-builder or an isolationist. Instead, Trump has seemingly adopted the foreign policy of President Andrew Jackson, guided by principles like “No better friend, no worse enemy.” However, Trump’s Jacksonian approach to the world stage comes with a slight twist, a “vise,” so to say, argues Victor Davis Hanson on tod

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