4 signs that show Trump’s foreign policy remains staunchly anti-Russian
President Donald Trump takes questions from the Oval Office after signing executive orders.
Don’t let mainstream media’s reaction to President Donald Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy misinform. If Trump’s first-term foreign policy serves as any indication of how "pro-NATO" and "anti-Russian" his second-term foreign policy will be, the record is overwhelmingly pro-NATO and anti-Russian.
Regardless of criticism – mostly by perennial Donald Trump critics – the president is no friend to Russia and his first term substantively reflects that.
As a former military officer and diplomat who served in Eastern Europe during the majority of Trump’s first term, I witnessed first-hand the tangible, unrelenting and effective anti-Russian and pro-NATO policies he directed American diplomats to communicate, influence and implement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump (Contributor/Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
The following is a list of specific foreign policies I witnessed and supported under from 2017 to 2020.
