US President Donald Trump promised during his election campaign that he would not involve America in any wars, arguing that entanglements in foreign conflicts have debilitated the country in a number of ways. However, Trump’s foreign policy contains too many contradictions.

Trump’s main focus during his campaign and immediately after taking office was on ending the Ukraine conflict. Yet he later ordered military action against the Yemeni Houthis and, more provocatively and unlawfully, against Iran’s nuclear facilities – something the US had not done before, despite years of tensions with Tehran.

Washington continues to be complicit in Israel’s destruction of Gaza, its bombing of Lebanon, and its occupation of parts of Syria. Trump has also ordered a flotilla of warships off Venezuela’s shores after placing a $50 million bounty on its president.

At the same time, Trump has been bold in engaging Russia and pushing to end the Ukraine conflict, ignoring deep hostility toward Moscow within the US political establishment and even among his own advisers. The Trump-Putin summit in Alaska was a dramatic event that caused panic in Europe and sidelined Zelensky. Members of the European ‘coalition of the willing’ – determined to support Zelensky with arms and funds to prolong the conflict – rushed to Washington to lobby Trump not to bypass them, not to concede to Russian demands, and to ensure they were........

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