Did President Trump Wreck The International Order?

In this photo made available by the German Federal Government, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump, seated at right, during the G7 Leaders Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, on Saturday, June 9, 2018. German Federal Government/Jesco Denzel via Associated Press

Brett Bruen, Business Insider: Trump wrecked the international order. It's time to start thinking about what happens when he's gone.

* From abandoning the Kurds to withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and Iran Deal to attacking NATO, President Trump has undermined the post-Cold War international order and diminished America's influence around the world.
* So it's time to think about how we should rebuild the trust with out allies and shape the world once Trump is out of office, whether that's in a few months or a few years.
* Brett Bruen was the director of global engagement in the Obama White House and a career American diplomat. He runs the crisis-communications agency Global Situation Room.

How will we put international institutions back together when Donald Trump finally leaves office?

Whether his departure comes in a matter of months or years, the damage he wrought will be considerable. Leaders both in the US and abroad need to begin drawing up plans. A bold new strategy and structure is required to restore a semblance of stability and security around the globe.

America's influence has dramatically declined during the Trump Administration. Under this president, the US abandoned the Kurds on the battlefields of Syria and Iraq, left the Paris Agreement on climate change, pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, and dumped the Iran Nuclear Deal. Trump wants to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization and even threatened to leave NATO.

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WNU Editor: I do not share the above commentator's view that the international order was stable and secure until President Trump arrived. I have been following foreign policy and international events for almost four decades, and IMHO the system was incredible messed up and dysfunctional before President Trump even decided to run for office. If President Trump is to be blamed for something, it is for exposing to the public on how bad the situation has become.

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