TRUMP: Decisions transcend partisanship

In response to an article from the Associated Press on Trump’s foreign policy, we again are subjected to more illogical, anti-Trump dribble that doesn’t take into account the results from the actions or inactions of the past three or four administrations.

The author, Zeke Miller, made the argument Trump has “cast aside the warnings that gave his predecessors” pause, and defined his decisions as “blind” to the impact of his actions and “brash foreign policy.” Yet he fails to address the results from the past four decades of reckless actions that put us in a never-ending war or the inactions that have resulted in continued turmoil, death and terrorism by the very nations Trump has had to deal with.

I find it hard to believe that only “Trump’s supporters” embrace his decisions. I don’t believe you have to be a Trump fan to see that previous presidents created this mess and that all the risk-free advice taken by his predecessors hasn’t resulted in a safer, peaceful outcome. Take any of the hot topics. North Korea: throw money at the issue and it’ll go away; except it didn’t, it got worst. Don’t move the embassy to Jerusalem as promised (for two decades) because it’ll help keep the peace; except that it didn’t. Don’t take out a known terrorist responsible for hundreds of American’s lives because it’ll make the Middle East a better place; except that it didn’t.

Trump has taken a different path, yet his actions are deemed “risky” by the past administration’s advisers. Really? Can any of these geniuses point to long-term success? No, the problems still exist and thus it seems clear it’s time for a different approach. Hopefully more than just “Trump supporters” can see that taking specific, on-point actions are no more risky that anything the past four administrations have done.

MIKE BUZGA

Coeur d’Alene