Democrats Make a Devil’s Bargain

Starting in 2016, Democrats made a Devil’s Bargain. Since President Trump took office, that bargain has only run deeper.

Starting in 2015 the foreign policy establishment began to fear the prospect of a Trump Presidency. On the campaign trail the then-candidate broke with Republican orthodoxy when he talked about foreign intervention. During a primary debate in South Carolina, just a few weeks before the primaries began Donald Trump aggressively singled out former President George W. Bush. Attempts by the neoconservatives in the party to wrestle the nomination away from…