New policies

During the last half of the 20th century the US was seen as the champion of civil rights around the world. This led the US to believe that it was their responsibility to police the world and get rid of dictators and bring democracy to the people. Experience has shown that this approach did not work as evidenced by Afghanistan and Iraq. Going into foreign countries an attempting to make them more like America did not work and requires a change in policy. Trump is attempting to replace the military threat with economic persuasion. Mutually beneficial trade agreements can bring peace and prosperity but there will be some left behind. In the Middle East, for example, the small minority live in comfort while the majority are imported workers who have very few rights and benefits. It will be up to these countries to improve the lives of these workers and not the responsibility of the US. This will be controversial and open to disagreement.