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Best Foreign Policy President (Clinton - Bush Jr - Obama - Trump)?

Which of these four do you think was the best foreign policy president?

Clinton

Bush

Obama

Trump

In my personal opinion I think that the best ones are Obama and Trump.

Obama’s Iraq and Syria policies were pretty bad. But he does get points in my book for his policies in Afghanistan and Libya. It is very clear that Obama’s foreign-policy in his first term was much better than in his second term. I think the reason for this is because in his second term he had to deal with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the same time. Not to mention the Mediterranean refugee crisis.

But his first term was prettt good.

Trumps foreign-policy is not as warlike as Obama but more based on sanctions and tariffs. His goal is more on relations with the other big powers rather than middle eastern squabbling. He does get points for his deal with the Saudi prince and also Kim Jong Un. Mind you, that if Obama was in Trumps shows during the Saudi assassination of the journalist, he would of swept the whole thing under the rug just like Trump. And just like Obama punished Manning and tried to punish Snowden, Trump punished Assange.

The fact that Trump is focusing more on the China/Russia relations is a big step. The Middle Eastern wars take up so much time and effort that it is better to win by diplomacy rather than by arms.

I cannot say that Trump is a very good domestic president but he is certainly a better foreign policy president than Bush, Clinton and many others

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    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Oddly enough most experts point to two of our weakest Presidents as being the best on foreign policy. Those being Nixon for his work with China and Carter for overseeing the mideast peace process (although clearly he bungled it with Iran).

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