New York Daily News

‘America, %#!’ policy — Deep Bro

- BY CHRIS SOMMERFELD­T

ASKED TO SUM up President Trump’s approach to foreign policy, a senior White House official on Monday boiled it down to three words: “We’re America, bitch.”

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity with Atlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg, said the expletive-ridden assessment reflects Trump’s view of the world as a battlefiel­d, in which countries are constantly clashing, whether by armed conflicts, trade disputes or Twitter feuds. And, contrary to past administra­tions, the official said Trump doesn’t apologize.

“Obama apologized to everyone for everything. He felt bad about everything,” the official, who is described as having direct access to Trump, said without elaboratin­g. Trump, on the other hand, “doesn’t feel like he has to apologize for anything America does.”

“That’s the Trump doctrine,” the official added.

A second senior administra­tion official agreed with his colleague’s assessment but added a slight twist: “We’re America, bitches.”

Goldberg asked the official if he was aware of the 2004 parody movie “Team America: World Police,” whose theme song repeats the line “America, f--k yeah!”

“Of course,” the official responded with a chuckle. “The President believes that we’re America, and people can take it or leave it.”

The “doctrine” deliberati­ons come days after Trump ostracized U.S. allies at the G-7 summit in Canada by leaving early to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and then refusing to sign a joint communique on foreign policy. Hours earlier, Trump had stunned pundits across the world by proposing to readmit Russia to the G-7 because, he said, it would be “an asset.”

Robert Manning, a senior foreign policy expert with the nonpartisa­n Atlantic Council, said the “Trump doctrine” described by the officials was on full display during the President’s combative G-7 appearance.

“It’s a disturbing and accurate portrayal of his worldview,” Manning told the Daily News. “It explains a lot of his behavior.”

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