{"id":148,"date":"2026-05-21T04:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:10:37","slug":"does-trump-have-a-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Does Trump Have a Strategy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Both of Donald Trump\u2019s presidential administrations have prompted sharp debates about the direction of U.S. foreign policy. But how to discern a strategic logic behind Washington\u2019s approach, and whether it\u2019s even possible to do so, have been particularly vexing questions since Trump returned to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=146\">Orban\u2019s Fall and Europe\u2019s Rise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A. Wess Mitchell helped shape these debates as assistant secretary of state in Trump\u2019s first term, and he has been uniquely interested in shedding light on them since, including in a number of essays for Foreign Affairs. Dan Kurtz-Phelan spoke to Mitchell on Monday, May 18, about how he understands the strategy driving Trump\u2019s second-term foreign policy, and where, after Trump\u2019s meeting with Xi Jinping and with wars in Iran and Ukraine far from settled, he thinks that strategy should go from here.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=144\">Why Mexico\u2019s Cartels Are So Hard to Defeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Grand Strategy of Consolidation\u201d by A. Wess Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Return of Great-Power Diplomacy\u201d by A. Wess Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Age of Great-Power Competition\u201d by Elbridge A. Colby and A. Wess Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump, Putin, and Genghis Khan: A Conversation With Fiona Hill\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This episode of <em>The Foreign Affairs Interview<\/em> was produced by Ben Metzner and Kanishk Tharoor, with audio engineering by Christopher Koch and original music by Robin Hilton. Special thanks to Irina Hogan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=141\">The Not-So-Quiet American<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Conversation With A. 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