With less than two months left to his term, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has made a flurry of foreign policy decisions that some say are designed to make his successor’s job more difficult.
These foreign policy moves include cutting troop numbers in Afghanistan and Iraq, imposing sanctions on four entities in China and Russia and further restricting trade with Beijing by banning investments in companies that allegedly support the Chinese military.
But Trump is not just salting the earth before Joe Biden’s presidency begins. He is also trying to cement
With less than two months left to his term, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has made a flurry of foreign policy decisions that some say are designed to make his successor’s job more difficult.
These foreign policy moves include cutting troop numbers in Afghanistan and Iraq, imposing sanctions on four entities in China and Russia and further restricting trade with Beijing by banning investments in companies that allegedly support the Chinese military.
David Volodzko is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, the Jamestown Foundation, The Diplomat and the Wall Street Journal. He is also a former Korea correspondent for South China Morning Post and the former national editor for Korea JoongAng Daily.