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\u003cp\u003eAre President Trump’s advisers checking his worst impulses? From trade to NATO, we’ve been assured that the “adults” in the White House are working quietly to prevent the president from following through on his often erratic foreign policy proclamations.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nIn fact, many of those advisers are leaving their own mark on American international relations by amplifying the president’s instincts or, in some cases, using the opportunity to advance their own radical agendas. While we focus on the president’s latest utterances, they have been fundamentally altering the direction of United States foreign policy, from one based on cooperation and leadership to one rooted in punishment and domination.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nNowhere is this more clear than in America’s Middle East policy. Last week John Bolton, President Trump’s national security adviser, announced the closing of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s office in Washington; the administration also revoked the visas for the organization’s envoy and his family.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/opinion/the-us-cant-punish-the-palestinians-into-negotiating.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eRead the full article in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c/em\u003e \u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","className":"richtext reading--content font-secondary"}), document.getElementById("react_OYNYmwCjUmvXitkcDsTYw"))});
\u003cspan style=\"background-color: #ffffff; letter-spacing: 0.110437px; color: #333333;\"\u003eDiplomacy as coercion goes against everything American foreign policy stands for, write Dana Allin and Steven Simon in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/span\u003e
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