A February 20 front-page lead Wall Street Journal article titled “President Acts Swiftly to Upend World Order” not only evidences a leftward drifting editorial trend but additionally, perhaps unintentionally, invites consideration regarding why such a shakeup is urgently warranted.
The essay begins by stating that “President Trump has dramatically shifted the direction of U.S. foreign policy in four short weeks, making the U.S. a less-reliable ally and retreating from global commitments in ways that stand to fundamentally reshape the U.S.’s relationship with the world.”
It then argues that Trump’s top envoys have floated concessions to Russia in peace deals that stunned European allies while keeping them at arm’s length; that his dismantling of USAID is helping China establish a stronger foothold over the developing world; that his plans to own Gaza and remove Palestinians is erasing decades of Washington efforts to broker a two-state solution; and his intent to raise tariffs heralds an end to U.S.-fueled globalization.
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