The United States has begun a "willful" policy, speaking and doing things that do not follow common sense.

It has spoken and acted inconsistently with common sense.

The United States has embarked on "willful" governance

> It has been one year since Trump took office as President of the United States. Regarding his policies, there are clear "pros and cons" evaluations in the United States. When evaluating U.S. foreign policy, Wang Fa'en, a researcher at Xinhua News Agency's Center for World Issues Research, described it as "willful."

"Trump is an atypical politician. He often speaks and does things that do not follow common sense. In the eyes of the traditional political elite in the United States, the so-called "establishment", Trump is like an "alternative"," Wang Fa'en said.

On December 22, 2017, local time, in Washington, the United States, U.S. President Trump signed a $1.5 trillion tax reform bill in the Oval Office of the White House. This is the largest tax cut in the United States in more than 30 years.

This "alternative" performance may be due to Trump's businessman qualities. He emphasizes "result-oriented" in every situation, especially in the diplomatic field. Trump hopes to see obvious and immediate "results." Once the "results" fail to meet expectations, it will directly have a negative impact on bilateral relations. The "result" he wants is to maximize the realization of American interests, that is, the "America First" principle he made a high-profile statement before taking office and repeatedly emphasized after taking office.

Wang Faen said: ""America First" means "you lose and I win" and a "zero-sum game." As long as it is not in line with the "interests of the United States," the agreement will be torn up at any time. The so-called "international rules" and "responsible power" of the United States in the past are all things of the past."

Trump Less than a year after President Trump came to power, the United States successively withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP), the Paris Agreement to address global climate change, UNESCO, and the United Nations-led Global Compact on Migration. The Iran nuclear agreement is facing difficulties, and even the North American Free Trade Agreement and multiple bilateral economic and trade agreements are also in doubt. In early December, Trump announced that the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and began preparations to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This move impacted the basic consensus of the international community on the Palestinian-Israeli issue and triggered a strong backlash from international public opinion.

On December 21, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt a resolution condemning the United States’ Jerusalem policy. Before the vote, President Trump and U.S. Representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley explicitly warned member states that "if they oppose the United States, they will lose aid." This is very rare for a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Some media believe that the influence of the United States is "declining": it does not mean that the hard power of the United States is declining, but that as the world's "sole superpower", it has slipped from its "moral" high ground.

"Trump's series of unilateral actions have attracted global attention, and there have been many complaints from traditional allies," Wang Fa'en said. All the above have highlighted the "willfulness" of U.S. foreign policy over the past year, leaving the Western world that used American values ​​as the "benchmark" to build a basic rules order at a loss as to what to do, and causing the international community to have great doubts about the future direction of the United States.

However, Wang Faen pointed out that looking at Trump’s behavioral trajectory, one thing is clear and certain: that is, all policies serve the national interest of “America First”. This may be the key clue to the "measurable" among various "unpredictable" factors when judging the direction of U.S. foreign policy under Trump. (Shen Min) (Xinhua News Agency special article)