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| − | ''This is for the government of the United States and its decisions. For the person, see [[Donald Trump]]''
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| − | The presidency of [[Donald Trump]] began on January 20, [[2017]], when Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, and ended on January 20, [[2021]].
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| − | ==Breaking Iran Deal==
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| − | The Trump administration reneged on the Obama administration's [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]] with [[Iran]]. The move was done in order to reimpose economic sanctions, but they failed to create the human misery necessary to start the uprising the US wanted.
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| − | The most reckless single action during Trump’s term was probably to allow the assassination of Iranian General [[Qasem Soleimani]] at Baghdad airport on Jan. 3, [[2020]], risking a catastrophic war in the [[Middle East]].
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| − | ==Continuing War in Syria==
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| − | *While constantly talking of withdrawing from the conflict, the Trump administration continued arming and financing [[proxy forces]] in the [[Civil war|'civil' war]].
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| − | *The administration introduced crushing economic sanctions on [[Syria]], destroying its economy.
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| − | *In [[2017]], the US bombed [[Syria]], justifying it with a [[false flag]] [[chemical weapons]] attack staged by local propagandists. On the night that Trump ordered a missile attack on Syrian territory he was hailed by corporate media, which had spent years delegitimizing him, as finally “presidential.” [[CNN]]'s [[Fareed Zakaria]] said “I think Donald Trump became president of the United States last night. I think this was actually a big moment. For the first time really as president, he talked about international norms, international rules, about America’s role in enforcing justice in the world.”<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/327779-cnn-host-donald-trump-became-president-last-night</ref>
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| − | *After the main proxy forces losing in battle, the US used [[Kurdish]] militias to occupy the eastern 1/3 of Syria, congaing the country's main wheat and [[oil]] production areas.
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| − | ==Relationship with Russia==
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| − | The Trump administration, while on occasion voicing wishes for peaceful coexistence, terminated the [[Start Treaty]] on nuclear disarmament, imposed hard sanctions, tried to sabotage Russian business deals with other countries ([[Nord Stream 2]], started a diplomatic, political and cultural [[cold war]], and drastically increased the US military presence on Russia's border.
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| − | ==Military Bases==
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| − | Despite rhetoric to the opposite effect, the Trump administration opened "additional bases in [[Afghanistan]], [[Estonia]], [[Cyprus]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Iceland]], [[Israel]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Niger]], [[Norway]], [[Palau]], [[the Philippines]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Somalia]], [[Syria]] and [[Tunisia]]”.<ref>https://eu.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/world/2021/02/25/us-military-budget-what-can-global-bases-do-vs-covid-cyber-attacks/6419013002/</ref>
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| − | ==Persecution of Assange==
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| − | Despite flirting with rhetoric to the contrary, the Trump administration kept up the relentless campaign to extradite [[Julian Assange]].
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| − | ==Coup in Bolivia==
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| − | The Trump administration was behind the 2020 Coup in [[Bolivia]].{{cn}}
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| − | ==Venezuela's Oil==
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| − | In August [[2017]], when Trump announced he was considering a 'military option' against [[Venezuela]], the country with the world's largest oil reserves, President [[Nicolás Maduro]]'s popularity appeared to have been boosted:
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| − | :"He's doing Maduro a favour by reinforcing the nationalist position that the Gringos want to come and attack Venezuela. This has always been part of Maduro's rhetoric, and Chavez before him. It's not going to have any impact other than the government using it to further unify its people and attack the opposition," said lawyer Luis Alberto Rodriguez.<ref>''[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN1AT040 "Trump's threat of Venezuela military action could bolster Maduro"]''</ref>
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| − | ==References==
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