On May 13th this year, the present occupant of the Oval Office gave a globally touted speech in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that was widely taken to signal a fundamental change in the disposition of the United States and its foreign policy. He told his audience that:
““In recent years, far too many American presidents have been afflicted with the notion that it’s our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders and use U.S. policy to dispense justice for their sins … I believe it is God’s job to sit in judgement — my job [is] to defend America and to promote the fundamental interests of stability, prosperity, and peace.”
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