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Home / Burden sharing / ‘Dismay and disbelief’: What U.S. allies are saying about the chance of another Trump presidency
Burden sharing, Europe and Eurasia, Grand strategy

March 6, 2024

‘Dismay and disbelief’: What U.S. allies are saying about the chance of another Trump presidency

Daniel DePetris, a fellow at Defense Priorities, a Washington think tank, said a lot of America’s overseas relationships are “pretty institutionalized” and amount to a major check on presidential power. He said Trump would be limited, as he was last time around, in what he could do by longstanding institutions, official bureaucracy and the people around him. “He wouldn’t be the only one making important calls” on foreign policy, DePetris said.

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