Some observers have approvingly claimed that the second Trump administration heralds a realist revival in American foreign policy. Writing in Foreign Affairs, Robert O’Brien, who served as national security adviser in the first Trump administration, eagerly promised “the return of realism with a Jacksonian flavor.”

Heela Rasool-Ayub critiques Donald Trump's hasty "America First" approach and outlines the way that it hurts U.S. global standing.

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump declared that "America's decline is over," while promising several executive orders on a range of areas from immigration to inflation.