The Trump presidency (really more of what Trump didn’t do) made me realize the good that America can do by swinging its weight diplomatically in a good way. No needless wars, but strong commitments to our allies in NATO and the western Pacific Rim are necessary to counterbalance authoritarian powerhouses like China (and Russia, though they’ve proven to be rather wimpy).
Really? For me it was the opposite. The Trump presidency made me realize how easily we could be hijacked by a madman and that the Bush presidency was no aberration. Thus the less we "throw our weight around" for the sake of it the better. One of the few saving graces of Trump's (first?) term was that even though he was nuts, he didn't really start any wars.
IMO the best foreign policy is subservient to a domestic policy that looks after the interests of our people, so I vote 2 and 4.
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