The U.S. president has long had greater freedom and the ability to take direct action in foreign policy than in domestic policy. When their domestic influence weakens in the final years of their term and they no longer have to worry about re-election, they often turn to the global stage. There was also a reason why Barack Obama waited until the last two years of his term to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba.
In the first year of his second term, Trump shocked the world multiple times, covering a wide range of issues, from cutting U.S. foreign aid to bombing Iran's nuclear facilities. He remained as capricious as ever, changing positions on all issues from Russia's war in Ukraine to whether he wanted to expel Palestinians from Gaza. He was eager for the Nobel Peace Prize, but also threatened to go to war with Venezuela.
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