Blog 8: Foreign Policy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-foreign-policy-trump-has-become--gasp--a-normal-president/2017/04/26/197b0372-2542-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?utm_term=.a9224478456c

On foreign policy, Trump promised little ideology and lots of anecdote driven reactionism. The foreign policy promises of presidents are rarely gone through with. Even though Trump told Obama to stay out of Syria, Trump blasted an air base used for chemical weapon attacks. He will also persue bilateral trade agreements. The President has not flipped on his anti-refugee and anti-immigration posture, and he pledges to ban refugees from Syria. It will be these policies that make or break President Trump in the world.

This relates to what we've been learning in class because we learned about foreign policy today. Congress has to agree to fund the President's foreign policy agenda, so Trump has to have Congress members that support him. Foreign policy is the domain of the federal government. Trump used military aid, which is in his "toolbox" for foreign policy, to bomb Syria.

I don't think there should be a ban on Syrian refugees. I think there should be a better system of checking for terrorists and stronger restrictions for people from anywhere, because not everyone in Syria is a terrorist. What Syria was doing to their people is terrible and they should be helped, so on one hand, it's good that the U.S. got involved. But on the other hand, maybe we don't always have to get involved in foreign affairs, especially if it might lead us into a war or clashing with other nations.