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Mr. Trump has dispensed with what he considers pointless moralizing and preachy naïveté. He has taken foreign policy to its most realpolitik moment in generations, playing down issues of human rights or democracy that animated his predecessors, including Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. His ‘America First’ approach focuses not on how other nations treat their people but on what they can do for the United States.
What does "take foreign policy to its most realpolitik moment in generations" mean?
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k]) is politics or diplomacy based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than explicit ideological notions or moral and ethical premises. The term Realpolitik is sometimes used pejoratively to imply politics that are coercive, amoral, or Machiavellian.
- k]) is politics or diplomacy based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than explicit ideological notions or moral and ethical premises.
- The term Realpolitik is sometimes used pejoratively to imply politics that are coercive, amoral, or Machiavellian.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik(from German: real "realistic", "practical", or "actual"; and Politik "politics", German pronunciation: [?e'a?lpoli?t?k]) is politics or diplomacy based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than explicit ideological notions or mora
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