What a Trump Win Would Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy

THE U.S. ELECTION

The End of American Power

Trump’s Reelection Would Usher in Permanent Decline

By Eliot A. Cohen

If President Donald Trump wins reelection, his approach to foreign policy will remain much the same, Eliot A. Cohen writes. “But beyond the realm of policy, a Trump victory would mark a sea change for the United States’ relationship with the rest of the world. … A second Trump term would confirm what many have begun to fear: that the shining city on a hill has grown dim and that American power is but a thing of the past."

Read more from Foreign Affairs on the Trump administration’s foreign policy:

“How China Threatens American Democracy” by Robert C. O'Brien
“The End of American Illusion” by Nadia Schadlow
“The Rise of Illiberal Hegemony” by Barry R. Posen

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