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A lot of what the author says is mirrored in this related article -Trump will make mistakes, and won’t be right on everything. His style will grate with many in Britain, as will his bluster. His protectionism even towards allied states is one of many worries. But the mainstay of his agenda, if he delivers upon it, will transform not merely America but also global and British politics, very much for the better.
The world about to be forged in the Trump era may bear little resemblance to one we knew before, but it promises to be more secure, more stable, and based less on ideology than realism. Though isolationism will continue to pose challenges to interventionism and America's traditional role as defender of the free world, there will at least be a sense freedom cannot be safeguarded by rhetoric. Reagan's diplomatic whiplash brought down the Soviet empire and created a Pax Americana. Trump's whiplash can give birth to a new one.
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