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Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made noise – a scholar of presidential rhetoric explains

  • Written by Kevin Maloney, PhD student, Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University
imagePresident Trump often stops to speak off the cuff with the press.Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

The first half of 2026 has been a chaotic time for U.S. foreign policy: new tariffs, threats to annex Greenland, the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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