Donald Trump Is Already Revolutionizing America’s Global Alliances

Back from a whirlwind week in the Middle East, the president is previewing a changed foreign policy vision for his administration.

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President Donald Trump is resetting America’s alliances. The highest bidder typically comes first.

The president’s first major foreign trip took him across the Middle East, where he made few of the traditional demands of the region’s leaders to move closer to American values.

“They were starving for love because our country didn’t give them love,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he left Qatar for the United Arab Emirates.