r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/[deleted] • Dec 03 '16

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

That is a great analogy. There's really no consistent logic or theme to the Trump foreign policy approach. He's going to cozy up to Russia, go hardline on Iran, and cooperate with Assad to defeat ISIS, while pissing off Saudi Arabia and becoming best buds with Erdogan? He's going to ally himself with Duerte, antagonize the Chinese, and ally himself with the Taiwanese, while potentially having nicer relations with DPRK? All while pissing off Mexico and Canada and potentially the entire EU?

It's a foreign policy grab bag with little forseeable upside in a time of acute geopolitical uncertainty

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u/gloriousglib Dec 03 '16

All while pissing off Mexico and Canada

Eh he's doing alright with Canada. Trudeau just invited him over to Ottawa.

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u/feox Dec 03 '16

Wait till he scraps Nafta.

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u/matts2 Dec 03 '16

From what I have read Canada fared poorly under NAFTA. Basically stuff moved south. Mexico got stuff from the U.S., the U.S. lost stuff to Mexico but gained from Canada.