As Trump’s time runs out, this could be his most dangerous legacy: a world divided into three

Donald Trump is almost certain to lose the House in the midterms, and perhaps the Senate, leaving his domestic agenda stalled and inviting investigations that could end in another impeachment. Foreign policy is where he keeps freedom to act, and columnist Steve Bloomfield argues his aims there are anything but peaceful, according to The Guardian.

After the vote, Washington is understood to be preparing to resume fighting with Iran, drilling alongside Israeli forces and pulling diplomats from the region. On Ukraine, Trump has described Moscow's conduct as acceptable, and envoy Steve Witkoff has been to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, whom he thanked on camera. Putin now proposes a three-way meeting with Trump and Xi Jinping in China next month.

Bloomfield warns such a gathering would push the world toward zones of influence, leaving Europe exposed to Russia and Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Australia without American protection. He points to last year's National Security Strategy, which skipped criticism of Moscow and Beijing, stressed the western hemisphere, and said other countries' affairs matter only when they directly threaten American interests. Chrystia Freeland, a former Canadian foreign minister, contends Beijing has never had a more useful American president.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Guardian’s reporting. Read the full story at The Guardian →