Donald Trump does not like to mess with people or problems.
When it comes to the Middle East, a historic multi-millennial struggle between Arabs and Arabs and Arabs and Jews, the President is short and to the point.
The Saudi’s, Israelis and the Palestinians are finding the new President to be a formidable negotiator and forceful ally who has a take-no-prisoners approach to his Middle East Doctrine.
The Trump Middle East Doctrine can be summed up in as a simple five component approach.
1. THE GOLDEN RULE
When it comes to making rules, Trump’s foreign policy will be guided by the Golden Rule; he who has the gold makes the rules.
Unashamed of America’s wealth and power, the President carries a big stick and as for he speak softly, forget it.
Ater eight years of the Barack Obama apology tours, bowing down and criticizing America, Trump is a bit refreshing. He’s frighten world leaders who have become accustomed to kicking the US in the groin while taking our money.
Despite my reservations about Donald Trump’s operating style, it looks like he has adopted Reagan’s principles for dealing with world leaders. You simply outspend them and talk tough.
2. MEXICO WILL PAY FOR THE WALL
The principle is a simple one. If a nation creates problems, they write checks to pay for the problems they cause.
Trump is an allocation expert. The allocation of capital comes from those who have the most to fear. Mexico has been duping America for 75 years while our politicians have softened their resolve with respect to immigration.
In Trump’s foreign policy world, no one gets to rip-off America. Mexico pays, NATO pays, our Arab Allies pay…everyone with an issue pays.
Mexico paying for the border wall is simply pictorial imagery that defines the broader imbalance in our foreign policy. Trump is ending that imbalance.
3. MILITARY WEAPONRY
Trump is, above all else, a programmatic businessman. He views warfare as an opportunity to create jobs… yes, create jobs.
If the Saudis are going to fight with their neighbors, Trump assumes, and rightly so, there is a marketing opportunity. If Arabs are going to go to war with Iran and fight and kill one another, they are going to need the weapons. Therefore the Donald wants to help them by ramping up the industrial military complex.
TRumps will capitalize on the manufacture and sale of weapons, creating jobs, reducing the debt and the side benefit is allowing our formerly dependent nations to kill each other.
4. END OF WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT
The Trump Middle East Doctrine includes another principal, ending international welfare as we know it.
This includes cutting off the food stamp mentality in the middle east. It also includes Trump’s demand that every NATO Member gets off the Washington welfare teet and start paying their fair share of the freight.
America, under a Trump foreign policy, will no longer finance every other nation’s foreign policy. The chuck wagon will no longer be making the rounds, feeding hostile and friendly government.
In Donald Trump’s mind, if you can’t pay for it…America won’t pay for it either. If you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. If it’s not important enough to pay for, it’s not important at all.
5. TAKING CARE OF AMERICA IS JOB ONE
Donald Trump remains stalwart in his commitment to take care of America, first.
Even his most ardent enemies have admitted he meant what he said when he said, “We will make America great again.”
The President’s lens filter is the principle of America first, second and last. There will be no compromising this principle.
The middle east, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa, Canada, Russia, and Mexico will all be under the same Trump doctrine. And its a simple, common sense policy…America is no longer going to carry the nations of the world on its back.
These are the principles and components of the Trump foreign policy.
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