President Trump is not only changing the rules. He's creating a whole different game.

His America First strategy is not just removing the signage from the USAID building but is detaching from the traditional U.S. foreign policy. And this is not necessarily a bad thing — in fact, it appears to offer a new pathway to success and recovery of lost American leadership around the world.

The new administration has made a blunt statement: Mexico has an intolerable alliance with drug cartels. This declaration, and the threat of new tariffs, generated immediate results. Mexico sent more than 10,000 soldiers to the border to fight drug trafficking and stop illegal migration. During the previous administration, Mexico only promoted a policy called “Hugs, not bullets.” Trump put an end to that madness.

Mexico, the main trade partner of the U.S., decided to extend its arms open wide to China in 2023. The result was $4.6 billion in car purchases subsidized by the........

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