Is Donald Trump a Realist?

Is Donald Trump a Realist?

Trump’s early missteps are slowly being replaced with a realistic assessment of America’s national-security toolkit.

 

Dov S. Zakheim is vice chairman of the Center for the National Interest. He was under secretary of defense (comptroller) from 2001 to 2004 and deputy under secretary of defense (planning and resources) from 1985 to 1987.

Image: Donald Trump at CPAC 2017. Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons/Michael Vadon