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Foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration

Delegates, wearing masks, listen to speeches during the 45th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European UN headquarters in Geneva, Sept. 14, 2020.

At the UN review of US human rights, the Trump administration gets an earful

For the Trump administration, the UPR is a final chance for it to defend its policies — and “America first” attitude — to the global community. And while the Trump administration claims it has made gains in human rights, representatives from evaluating countries listed events which, they said, run counter to that narrative.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a podium

At Munich Security Conference, is the West ‘winning’ or growing evermore ‘Westless’?

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A close-up of President Donald Trump raising his index finger.

Trump wants NATO more involved in the Middle East. What does Europe want?

Military
A massive crowd of mourners gathers on the streets of Tehran, Iran.

Killing Soleimani was a ‘hasty’ decision, says former defense undersecretary

Military
The US Capitol dome is seen in the distance

Watch live: Trump gives 2019 State of the Union address

A white man with his first raised, with two white men clapping.

Trump gave his first State of the Union a year ago. Where is US foreign policy today?

Politics

The State of the Union is the president’s opportunity to lay out his own agenda for the year. Here’s what Trump said last year and what actually happened.

US soldiers watch Trump give a speech in Iraq at US airbase.

Trump’s first visit to US troops in Iraq comes days after defense upheaval in Washington

Trump has drawn fire for not having visited US troops in conflict zones since taking office in January 2017, particularly after he canceled a trip to a World War I cemetery in France last month due to rain.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis walks past a row of Chinese soldiers

Defense chief Mattis resigns after clashing with Trump on policies

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Mattis announced plans to resign in a candid resignation letter to Trump that laid bare the growing divide between them, and implicitly criticized President Trump’s disregard for America’s closest allies.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Donald Trump hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 17, 2017.

Germany’s relations with Russia and the US are a delicate balancing act in the Trump-Putin era

Global Politics

President Donald Trump shocked Germans during the NATO summit in Brussels this week by accusing their country of being in bed with Russia. As Trump heads to Helsinki for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Germany is in many ways stuck between a rock and a hard place.’