Trump's allies worry he's spending too much time on foreign policy

After Tuesday's election results and low approval numbers for Republicans, allies are raising concerns that President Trump is too focused on foreign policy.
Opinion

The president has no ‘foreign policy’ discretion to impose sweeping global tariffs

The president’s real foreign policy discretion over trade applies only in wartime against specific belligerents—not in perpetuity and even against our allies.
The White House

One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations

Section 1. Purpose. Article II of the United States Constitution vests the power to conduct foreign policy in the President of the United States. Presidents rely on their Secretaries of State and ...
The Astana Times

Success is Measured in Meaning, not Power: Finnish President Stubb Tells Kazakh Students

ASTANA — President of Finland Alexander Stubb met with students of Astana-based Maqsut Narikbayev University on Oct. 29, ...
The New York Times

Why Can’t Trump’s Domestic Policy Be More Like His Foreign Policy?

When Donald Trump was first elected president, foreign policy seemed like the zone of greatest danger, the place where a political novice promising to remake the world order was most likely to blunder ...
The Diplomat

What the LDP-Komeito Defeat Means for Japanese Foreign Policy

Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru (second from right) chairs a meeting of the “Comprehensive Response Headquarters for U.S. Tariff Measures,” July 7, 2025. Also pictured are Foreign Minister Iwaya ...
CNN

Trump’s ‘lone ranger’: How Steve Witkoff became the de facto point man on America’s foreign policy challenges

Last month a private jet belonging to Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff winged its way from Abu Dhabi to Doha to Moscow and Baku, before finally flying to Florida, where Witkoff briefed President Donald ...