Some observers have approvingly claimed that the second Trump administration heralds a realist revival in American foreign policy. Writing in Foreign Affairs, Robert O’Brien, who served as national security adviser in the first Trump administration, eagerly promised “the return of realism with a Jacksonian flavor.”

Heela Rasool-Ayub critiques Donald Trump's hasty "America First" approach and outlines the way that it hurts U.S. global standing.

As President Trump makes his way to western North Carolina, he is also pressing forward with his 'America First' agenda.