His national security team is performing much better than it is being given credit for.
President Trump's foreign policy is going surprisingly well abroad, whatever might be happening on any given day at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
The president deserves no sympathy for his tirades, tweets and White House turbulence. But while his domestic policy ideas seem quite outside the mainstream, his national security team is performing much better than it is being given credit for.
To be sure, it is far too soon to breathe a sigh of relief about this administration; Trump's mercurial temperament has not abated since his inauguration. For whatever the reason, though, he has chosen a national security team that appears excellent — and that has already calmed many nerves around the world.
The most recent news, the appointment of Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as national security adviser, will reinforce this trend. None of the world’s crises is about to be resolved any time soon. But let's give credit where it's due relative to what are reasonable expectations for the first month of any new administration, especially one run by a populist non-politician known for three decades of extreme rhetoric.
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