President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday. Clearly, the administration had a lot on its foreign policy to-do list. https://t.co/KQyNDJDgFV pic.twitter.com/dLJoe2yYfQ — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 30, 2019Trump’s reputable foreign policy defenders often like to say that observers should distinguish between Trump’s words and U.S. foreign policy actions, with the latter counting a lot more. That’s a bit disingenuous — words count in foreign policy! As a synecdoche for Trump’s vapid foreign policy, Ivanka’s statement is perfect.

Source: Washington Post July 01, 2019 11:00 UTC