Trump's Foreign Policy
The strategies and actions taken by Trump regarding international relations, particularly with Iran.
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How Trump's foreign policy is impacting the midterms as third aircraft carrier moves to Middle East
A third U.S. aircraft carrier is heading to the Middle East along with thousands of troops. CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan reports and Matt Kroenig, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins to discuss the war.
October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Middle Eastern countries hurt by Russia’s war on Ukraine and diverting it to right-wing governments in Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
The Self-Inflicted Decline of American Leadership
Team Trump is inadvertently convincing America’s allies that they need one another more than they need us.
The Saudis Learn the Truth About Trump
The president is happy to receive money and gifts, but don’t expect favors in return.
Why Is No One Talking About the ‘New War’ Trump Is Waging in Somalia?
While the administration hounds Somali immigrants at home, it’s pummeling Somalia with an ‘unprecedented’ volume of airstrikes, but you might not know it given the silence from our media and Congress.
America's global legacy at 250
As the United States grew from a series of small colonies into a global superpower, it took bold, transformative steps on the world stage, but it has also stumbled. On this 250th anniversary, guest moderator William Brangham, Esther Brimmer, Michael Mandelbaum and Robert Zoellick examine America's global legacy and what history will teach us about President Trump's foreign policy.
Trump says U.S. keeping current support levels for NATO would be "ridiculous"
President Trump says it would be "ridiculous" for the United States to continue its "one sided" relationship with NATO. His remarks came less than a week before a NATO summit in Turkey.
Trump threatens new attacks as U.S. and Iranian negotiators meet
President Trump is threatening further attacks on Iran, even as Vice President JD Vance, in Switzerland, hails progress at talks aimed at securing peace. Taurean Small reports.
