Fox News Wonders, Trump Threatens: A Model Foreign Policy
So, a cable news pundit floats a question, and voilà , the former President takes to Truth Social to threaten military intervention in a sovereign nation. This isn't foreign policy; it's algorithmic warfare, responding to real-time queries for outrage and 'strong leadership.' One might wonder if this rapid-response threat matrix is how all U.S. foreign policy is formulated these days. Did the
US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 also get its spark from a morning show segment pondering 'Saddam's got WMDs, should we step up?' It certainly streamlines decision-making when the most complex geopolitical challenges are reduced to a cable news soundbite and an immediate presidential tweet.