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Significance
He has also called former Vice President Joe Biden, his presumed opponent in November’s election, “China’s puppet”. Trump’s first-term foreign policy has upended many norms, raising questions about what his second-term foreign policy would be.
Impacts
Trump’s efforts to negotiate with Iran and North Korea face considerable challenges.
Trump faces greater congressional scrutiny of his foreign policy in a second term.
Trump will continue his ‘America First’ approach to foreign policy, and scepticism of multilateral bodies, including the WTO.
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