The Effect of Trump's Win on Foreign Policy

[Steve R.]

We may be entering a very dangerous period in terms of foreign relations between now and January 20th. Trump, just won, my comments may consequently be premature as we have not seen yet how other countries/players have or will act in response to Trump's victory.

Biden has been following a foreign policy of appeasement. Trump will be ending that. How China, North Korea, and Russia will react is not yet known? We do know that they have a very narrow window of opportunity to develop a response.

My concern is more with the Middle East as Biden's policies of appeasement have allowed Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah to promote/expand war instead of ending it. Now that Biden/Harris know that their policies of appeasement will end, they will have nothing to lose if they:

• break diplomatic relations with Israel.
• Cut-off military aid to Israel.
• send a massive amount of fake humanitarian aid to Gaza and Lebanon to support Hamas and Hezbollah.
• become extremely aggressive pushing a two state solution.

In terms of the border, will Biden/Harris further open the border to bring in as many illegal immigrants as possible?

 

[Isaac]

I don't think Biden will open the border more at this point, I think to some extent the cat is out of the bag and everyone realizes what they have been up to - Plus he knows Trump will just start working on deporting them.

That's probably the only facet of Trump being elected that makes me nervous. (After all, he's not perfect). I hope any deportation efforts, while deserved, are carried out with as much compassion and dignity as possible - but I worry they may not be.

I didn't vote for Trump because he's perfect, but because he's the much better choice than any Democrat, and especially Biden/Harris