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The virtues of American ‘nation-building’

15 February 2023

2:02 AM

15 February 2023

2:02 AM

Newly minted senator JD Vance of Ohio has wasted no time in extolling the virtues of a soft isolationist foreign policy. In a January 31 op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Vance endorsed Donald Trump for president largely because Trump isn’t a hawk. A prominent member of the GOP’s national conservative wing, Vance has made skepticism of American leadership abroad a centerpiece of his political identity.

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