A First Look At The Second Trump Administration's National Security And Foreign Policy

President-elect Donald Trump and his key advisors have embraced the "Return to Peace through Strength," sometimes known as "America First," concept when describing their foreign policy and national security goals in the next administration. This ideology supports the concept that the United States is best positioned to lead the world by placing the safety, prosperity and overall well-being of the American people first, a goal that has been described by some as isolationist. However, Donald Trump and his first administration believed it did not act in an isolationist manner, rather it prioritized transactional relationships and leveraging U.S. capital to pursue the "peace through strength" position. Trump's policy decisions in the national security space, as well as other sectors, were often unpredictable and hard to anticipate.