Foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration

U.S. President Donald Trump has told his top advisers he does not want to get the United States involved in a war with Iran, three U.S. officials said on May 16.    

The U.S.'s top general denied on March 17 a report suggesting the military plans to keep roughly half of its 2,000 troops stationed in Syria following a withdrawal President Donald Trump described in December as immediate and complete.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on March 5 he agrees with the decision to keep a military presence in Syria.       

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed Washington's planned troop withdrawal from Syria in a phone call on Feb. 21.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not plan to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a March 1 deadline set by the two countries to achieve a trade deal, Reuters writes.

Asked during an event in the Oval Office whether there would be a meeting before the deadline, Trump said: "No."

Directly contradicting President Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, that the Islamic State group remains a threat and that the Iran nuclear deal is working. The chiefs made no mention of a crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border for which Trump has considered declaring a national emergency.

When Donald Trump nominated Wess Mitchell to serve as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs in July of 2017, the American press and foreign policy community had spent months being extremely critical of the US president for leaving such a key post vacant for so long.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Jan. 19 he hoped President Donald Trump would slow the U.S. withdrawal from Syria until Islamic State is destroyed.

The U.S. administration is facing a split between strategists and President Donald Trump over Washington's future roles in the Middle East, according to Atlantic Council President and Chief Executive Officer Frederick Kempe.

Fresh doubts surfaced Tuesday over President Donald Trump's commitment to NATO, after he was reported to have discussed a desire to pull out of the trans-Atlantic military alliance.