Opinion | Here's why Trump's foreign policy is hard to pin down

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Returning to Trump, the president-elect's grand strategic instincts are mixed.
51% : Trump has sometimes voiced or adopted restrainers' policy preferences, raising the possibility that such groups would have influence going forward.
46% : In his first term, Trump was far from an isolationist.
39% : According to critics, Trump deserves this moniker because he would abandon the long-standing American strategy of deep engagement, which calls for promoting and protecting the liberal global order with U.S. economic and military power.
35% : "America First" might mean that Trump will put the United States' interests ahead of those of others, but that does not also necessarily mean he will consistently embrace restraint.
34% : Still, Trump faces some countervailing pressures to shift his approach in a second term, including from within his own party.
33% : But this is a double-edged sword in terms of its influence on any administration, Trump's included.

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