Foreign Policy

I believe that as long as there are dictatorships in the world, there can never be peace.  This doesn't mean that we take it upon ourselves to initiate military action against every existing dictator.  But it does mean that we should refrain from trading with them and should take every opportunity to publicly expose and condemn their self-serving oppression of their people , especially in the case of the homicidal, megalomaniacal, and hegemonic ones.  It also can mean that we do come to the military aid of populations attacked by such dictators, especially if massive refugee flight ensues. 

 

Russia

With Putin's indictment for war crimes, we should no longer recognize him as Russia's legitimate leader, cut off all communications with him, and encourage our allies to do the same.  We should suspend all trade with Russia and order all remaining US businesses there to terminate operations and evacuate their personnel.  When Russia does have a regime change, we can reevaluate our position then assuming the new leader is not just another homicidal, megalomaniacal, and hegemonic one.

 

China

We have created a monster through our trade with China, the outsourcing of our manufacturing capabilities there, and reliance on their natural resource for some of our most critical technologies.  We have fueled their economic growth and corresponding military build-up that has enabled the rise of Xi Jìnpíng, the latest in homicidal, megalomaniacal, and hegemonic dictators.  We have also allowed Chine to steal our most sensitive military technology with impunity.  Although I do not believe war with China is inevitable, I do believe Xi's forced assimilation of Taiwan into his dictatorship is.  The question of whether we go to war over that  will depend on how weak a president we have at the time and how strong the determination is of the Taiwanese to remain independent. 

 

But in the meantime, until China has regime change, we must immediately begin reducing our dependence upon China for our manufactured goods and critical resources, with the goal of terminating all trade with China.  I realize this will cause near term economic hardship for the US, but in the long run China will suffer more than us which just may accelerate regime change and quite possibly lead to the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party.

 

North Korea

I have a plan on how to deal with North Korea's belligerence but at this time I'd like to keep Kim Jung Un guessing.