Trump Promotes his Foreign Policies to Asian Allies
The moment
business tycoon and reality television celebrity Donald Trump assumed the
office as the 45th President of the United States last January 2017,
along with all the circus prior to the election, its citizens have become
critically divided in opinion and reflection of the present administration.
True to his character as an unusual, bold and domineering leader, issuing
executive orders and memoranda that are rather unconventional and against the
views of many, it has been a constant challenge to his government on how to expound
the president’s character not just to his own people, but predominantly, to the
country’s foreign partners.
Ignatius’ (2017) article describing Trump’s
character towards having partnerships with Asian nations, aims to offer a
conservative narrative of the leader’s motives and intentions. Depicting him as
“a vain man who loves to be flattered” and “hungers for success and wants the credit for it”, Ignatius desires to paint Trump’s
picture as a selfish man who wants every aspect of his government and its
foreign policies to work for his own good and interest. The article intends to
influence readers who are particularly living overseas, those who do not have a
first- hand account of what is truly happening in this country, to be critical
of Trump’s government. He surely knows that people in the US pretty much have a
resolute political opinion and partisan perspective whether it is pro or anti-
Trump, thus influencing them would be futile.
His claims and argument clearly
manifest his own disapproval with Trump’s important political decisions. This
highly-polarized standpoint reduces Ignatius’ credibility to offer a sound,
impartial and intellectual assessment of the president’s resolutions. He
specifically explained Trump’s policies that affect not only his people but
much more so, his relationship with important allies. He elucidated how Trump greatly
values his connection with Saudi, Japan, and China because they are the world’s
powerhouse in terms of economy. He further clarified the president’s previous indifference
towards China but had a complete turnaround when he realized the giant’s
importance in this game called politics. These, according to the author, only
affirms Trump’s motives to use US’ foreign relations and bend it to serve his
best interests.
Though
he presented rational points when it comes to the president’s stance on nuclear
weapons, his use of strong, disparaging words framed from his own allegation
and assessment makes me think twice to be supportive of his ideas. This
article, which portrays an unscrupulous president to foreign nations, does not
help our country become united but further makes it more divided and
argumentative.
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