The Irish Times view on Donald Trump’s foreign policy: America’s allies brace themselves

A second Trump term could upend old US alliances and undermine multilateral efforts to deal with global issues such as climate change.

Donald Trump speaks during an election night event in Florida: he has promised major change to US foreign policy. will have profound consequences for American society if he implements the radical domestic policy agenda he promised during the campaign, including the mass deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants.

Vice-president elect JD Vance has sketched out possible terms for a peace deal that would see Ukraine ceding territory to Russia and ruling out future membership of Nato. Trump has suggested that ending the war in Ukraine could be the first step in a broader rapprochement with Vladimir Putin, musing about detaching Russia from its strategic partnership with China.

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