Entering a "1984" World, Trump-Style
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Entering a "1984" World, Trump-Style: Implementing the Sino-Russian Blueprint for a Tripolar World Order
President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin wait ahead of a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES
BY: Michael T. Klare
TomDispatch
The pundits and politicians generally take it for granted that President Trump lacks a coherent foreign policy. They believe that he acts solely out of spite, caprice, and political opportunism — lashing out at US allies like Germany’s Angela Merkel and England’s Theresa May only to embrace authoritarian rulers like Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. His instinctive rancor and impulsiveness seemed on full display during his recent trip to Europe, where he l...