"Trump says he's all about gettng the best deal for the US but history shows America first policy is now unique to Trump"

Esmond Birnie

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Description

Newspaper (News Letter) article.

Subject

Anticipations of Trump's Ukraine minerals "deal" in the 1940s destroyers for bases and the sudden ending of Lend Lease in 1945. That said, Roosevelt and Truman did recognise a role for enlighted self-interest in US foreign and economic policy (hence the Marshall Plan).

Period	5 Mar 2025

Media contributions

Title	"Trump says he's all about getting the best deal for the US but history shows America first policy is not unique to Trump"
Degree of recognition	Regional
Media name/outlet	News Letter
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	5/03/25
Description	Newspaper article (News Letter) showing antecedents to Trump's transactional approach even during the Roosevelt-Truman era. That said, there are significant differences too.
Producer/Author	Esmond Birnie
URL	https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/esmond-birnie-trump-says-hes-all-about-getting-best-deal-for-us-but-history-shows-america-first-policy-is-not-unique-to-the-current-president-5017805
Persons	Esmond Birnie

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Keywords

Trump
Trump economic and political international impact
Ukraine minerals deal
US-Ukrainian relations
US-UK relations
Special Relationship
US-UK in Second World War
Destroyers for bases deal
Lend Lease
Marshall Plan
Transactional foreign policy
Enlightened self-interest