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Sure. We're allies for a reason. Our interests coincide a lot. If they always coincided, there wouldn't be any meaning behind a slogan like "America First." Where foreign policy gets relevant is where they don't entirely align.Absolutely.
For example: Does it align with our foreign policy needs when NATO countries prioritize their social safety nets and neglect spending on their military commitments?
The Royal Navy:
statista.com - Type of vessels in royal navyWhoa. 80 ships??? Man, that's some sea power projection there. Of course of the 80 they have 16 "inshore patrol vessels" so the real number is 64. Most impressive is the grand total of 1 fleet replenishment ships...which means what they do have isn't going to spend much time at sea.
If you advocate that a nation's foreign policy approach should be somehow more directed to prioritizing that nation's interests rather than those of allies (like "America First"), then it's kind of hard to insist that they shouldn't do the same.If one wanted to take the Maximalist view of "America First" and assign only the worst motives to what Trump is saying, then sure.
But a realistic reading of the world situation would cause any serious student of foreign policy to reject such a posture.
