NEWSLINK: “VALDAI PAPER #67: TRUMPERY AND KNAVERY: LOOKING FOR THE VIRTUOUS” – Valdai Discussion Club/ Richard Sakwa

“Donald J. Trump never served in an elected office before becoming president of the USA in November 2016. However, he brings to the presidential office long experience of working in business, and above all an original view of American domestic and foreign policy. As far as Russia is concerned, one of the few salutary features of his election was his stated aim of improving relations with Moscow, as part of the attempt to shift American policy from ‘leadership’ to ‘greatness’, from liberal globalism towards a more state-centred nationalism. This entails a more pragmatic and less-ideological foreign policy, with the potential to coordinate the work of the great powers to resolve global problems. …”