Iran crisis epitomizes a world increasingly resistant to Trump’s demands

Voters rejected Hungary’s Orbán, damaging Trump’s project to turn Europe MAGA.

Trump's go-it-alone presidency confronts clear limits during wartime

President Donald Trump claims that the United States has, in his words, “completely decimated” Iran. But the situation appears more complex, especially with two U.S. warplanes just having gone down in separate incidents during the war. Trump has struggled to respond to Iran's actions such as effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz that's disrupted global oil supplies. His go-it-alone approach has faced criticism from traditional American allies reluctant to support a war they didn't endorse. At home, some Republicans emphasize the importance of maintaining strong international relationships and are taking issue with Trump's unilateral strategy.

MAGA Outgrows Isolationism: And Yet America First Means America Alone

Donald Trump considers international law nothing more than a trifling impediment by which the weak try to drag down the strong.

U.S. Image Declines in Many Nations Amid Low Confidence in Trump

More than half of adults in 19 of 24 countries surveyed lack confidence in Trump’s leadership on the world stage.

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