President Trump’s foreign policy playbook has our friends and foes equally rattled
Fox News
President Donald Trump's economic warfare and "respect equals fear" philosophy will be key tenets of his administration's foreign policy approach as he begins his second term in the White House.
Rebekah Koffler is a freelance editorial writer and a strategic military intelligence analyst, formerly with the US Defense Intelligence Agency. She is the author of ‘Putin’s Playbook’, Regnery 2021 and of the upcoming book American Bolsheviks: The Persecution of Donald Trump and the Sovietization of America; Post Hill Press, August 26, 2025. Rebekah’s podcast Trump’s Playbook is running on her channel Censored But Not Silenced and is available on most social media platforms @Rebekah0132
Economic warfare and "disabuse others from being tempted" will be the key tenets of Trump’s playbook for his foreign policy during his second term. And that is a stark difference from the foreign policy approach used by the Biden-Harris team and other previous administrations.