{"id":2399183,"date":"2025-02-05T11:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leaning-into-foreign-policy-fights-to-cement-america-first-promise-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:15:42","slug":"trump-leaning-into-foreign-policy-fights-to-cement-america-first-promise-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leaning-into-foreign-policy-fights-to-cement-america-first-promise-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump leaning into foreign policy fights to cement \u2018America first\u2019 promise &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-leaning-into-foreign-policy-fights-to-cement-america-first-promise-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2399183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200carticle discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s emphasis on\u2064 foreign policy in the early weeks of his governance, contrasting it with his previous campaign focus on domestic issues like the economy and immigration. \u200bHe has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-psaki-says-migrants-at-southern-border-will-be-turned-away\/\" title=\"WATCH: Psaki Says Migrants At Southern Border Will Be \u201cTurned Away\u201d\">issued executive orders<\/a> \u2062to reverse initiatives established by \u200cthe\u2062 Biden administration, while prioritizing foreign relations aimed at &#8220;preventing World \u200cWar Three&#8221; and\u2064 restoring peace. Key areas of focus include:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Gaza**: Trump has proposed America taking control of the Gaza Strip to rebuild it and has suggested relocating its residents\u2062 to\u2063 neighboring countries during this\u2064 redevelopment, envisioning it as the &#8220;riviera\u200b of the Middle East.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2.\u2064 **Canada and\u200c Mexico**: He threatened to impose tariffs\u200d of 25% on \u200dimports from both countries unless they acted to\u2063 stop fentanyl \u200ctrafficking and\u2064 illegal immigration. Following negotiations,\u200b these tariffs \u2062were delayed.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Greenland**: \u200dTrump&#8217;s interest in acquiring Greenland has resurfaced,with serious discussions about its strategic and resource value,despite initial \u200ddismissals of the \u2063idea\u2064 as a joke.<\/p>\n<p>4. **Panama**: Trump has expressed a desire to regain\u2063 control over the Panama Canal due to concerns over fees and potential \u200cChinese influence, prompting \u200ddiscussions about improving U.S.-Panama relations.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c article\u200c notes \u200dthat trump has \u2064yet to address the ongoing war in Ukraine, despite his campaign promise for\u200b a rapid resolution. his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">foreign policy moves<\/a> are framed as \u200bpart of a commitment to his &#8220;America first&#8221; \u200bagenda.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump leaning into foreign policy fights to cement &lsquo;America first&rsquo; promise<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1976718\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>While President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign focused on fixing problems at home, such as the economy and immigration, his first few weeks prioritized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">foreign policy<\/a> initiatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On the campaign trail, Trump discussed foreign and domestic policy, but most of his speeches focused on fixing problems he said were caused by the Biden administration. Since being inaugurated, he has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">signed executive orders rolling back diversity<\/a>, equity, and inclusion initiatives and taken swings at cutting back the size of the federal workforce. However, the policies that dominated his first weeks have related more to his promises to &ldquo;prevent World War Three&rdquo; and &ldquo;end the global chaos and restore Peace through Strength.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the regions he&rsquo;s focused on in his first weeks as president.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gaza<\/h2>\n<p>Trump made waves Tuesday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3310439\/trump-netanyahu-own-gaza-strip-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"declaring\">declaring<\/a> bold action to &ldquo;level it out&rdquo; and rebuild war-torn Gaza, calling for residents of the land to move to neighboring Arab countries as the area is redeveloped.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip and do a job with it too. We&rsquo;ll own it,&rdquo; Trump said at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>He envisioned a place where &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s people&rdquo; could live, saying it could become the &ldquo;Riviera of the Middle East.&rdquo; He alluded to going so far as to send troops, saying &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll do what is necessary,&rdquo; when asked if he&rsquo;d deploy troops.<\/p>\n<p>The president has repeatedly said Gaza is now a &ldquo;demolition site&rdquo; following the destruction from Israel&rsquo;s war against Hamas. He&rsquo;s suggested Palestinians should relocate to Egypt or Jordan rather than return to the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>In the press conference Tuesday, Trump said he views U.S. &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-the-us-will-own-the-gaza-strip-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... says the US will &#039;own&#039; the Gaza Strip - Washington Examiner\">long-term ownership&#038;rdquo<\/a>; as key to stability and peace in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The plan from the president came despite pushback from the Middle East and a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canada and Mexico<\/h2>\n<p>One of the first big moves Trump made after being declared the winner of last November&rsquo;s election was to warn Canada and Mexico of blanket 25% tariffs on all imports from their respective countries into the U.S. if they did not stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal immigrants over their borders and into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Trump teased the tariffs for weeks but announced Saturday he would be imposing the tariffs, along with a 10% tariff on imports from China, on Tuesday until the countries had shown sufficient action in combatting illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>With less than a day before they were set to go into effect, both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3308904\/trump-deals-mexico-canada-put-trade-war-on-hold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mexico\">Mexico<\/a> and Canada worked out deals with Trump to delay the tariffs at least one month. Trump and leaders of both countries said talks would continue on how to combat the flow of fentanyl across the border, among other problems.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the majority of the agreement reached Monday that eased Trump&rsquo;s frustrations with Canada had been announced in the summer, and illegal crossings at the northern border <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-safety-canada\/news\/2025\/02\/government-of-canada-expands-plan-to-strengthen-border-security.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dropped<\/a> 89% between June and December 2024. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Greenland<\/h2>\n<p>One idea from Trump&rsquo;s first term that has reappeared at the beginning of his second term is the U.S. acquiring Greenland. The territory, under the jurisdiction of Denmark, has key access to the Arctic Circle, along with natural resources, which have made it an appealing piece of land for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>While some have dismissed Trump&rsquo;s desire to buy Greenland as a joke, officials in the U.S. and Europe have stressed that the president appears to be serious about getting the territory.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, European officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ace02a6f-3307-43f8-aac3-16b6646b60f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>Financial Times<\/em> a call between Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Trump did not go well, with one official saying the United States&rsquo;s intent was &ldquo;very clear&rdquo; in that they want Greenland. The anonymous official also claimed that &ldquo;the Danes are now in crisis mode.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3306687\/crash-probe-begins-clearer-picture-emerges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on SiriusXM&rsquo;s <em>The Megyn Kelly Show<\/em> last week that Trump&rsquo;s want for Greenland is &ldquo;not a joke&rdquo; and that it &ldquo;is in our national interest, and it needs to be solved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panama<\/h2>\n<p>Trump also made it clear early on that he had his eye on security at the Panama Canal. The U.S. constructed the canal in 1914 and maintained it until a treaty in 1977 &ndash; which fully gave control to the Panamanians in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>The president has said he wants to reacquire the canal, railing against the fees the Panamanians charge the U.S. for passage, along with concerns about Chinese influence over the operations of the canal.<\/p>\n<p>During Trump&rsquo;s first term, Panama signed a joint communique with China, reinforcing that they would not make official ties to Taiwan. Since then, the relationship between the two has grown. However, the Panamanians have pushed back on the assertion that China has control over the canal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Canal has no control, direct or indirect, neither from China, nor from the European Community, nor from the United States or any other power,&rdquo; President Jos&eacute; Ra&uacute;l&nbsp;Mulino said in his statement.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio traveled to Panama as part of his first foreign trip as secretary of state and met with officials there last week. After the trip, Mulino said the country would pull out of the China&rsquo;s Belt and Road Initiative. The Secretary of State celebrated the country&rsquo;s decision as a &ldquo;great step forward for U.S.-Panama relations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One area of foreign policy in which Trump has yet to intervene since taking office is the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Trump vowed a swift end to the conflict, but little progress has been made public, as the president has discussed other foreign policy matters during the opening weeks of his second term.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1976718\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1976718\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump emphasizes foreign policy to reinforce &#8216;America first&#8217; agenda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2399184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-foreign-policy-focus-february-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34041,4551,3634],"class_list":["post-2399183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-america-first","tag-foreign-policy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-foreign-policy-focus-february-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399187,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399183\/revisions\/2399187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}