{"id":44756,"date":"2018-12-28T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=44756"},"modified":"2018-12-21T16:03:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T05:03:58","slug":"editors-picks-for-2018-trump-administration-sick-of-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/editors-picks-for-2018-trump-administration-sick-of-winning\/","title":{"rendered":"Editors\u2019 picks for 2018: \u2018Trump administration: sick of winning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Originally published 26 June 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fifteen months ago, I wrote an ASPI Strategist<\/em> article setting out four scenarios<\/a> for the future of the Trump administration based on how Trump might handle two driving factors. The first factor was whether the administration would stabilise into something more like a mainstream American government or would remain true to its \u2018drain the swamp\u2019 disruptive rhetoric. The second was how the administration would behave internationally. Would it engage friends and allies as all post-war US governments have, or would a more disengaged America change the global landscape?<\/p>\n

The intersection of these two core strategic choices produces four scenarios:<\/p>\n