Taken with other missteps, foreign policy failures such as this one have the potential to doom even the most successful presidents on the domestic front.
Author: Eric Medlin
Eric Medlin
Eric Medlin is a writer and historian based in North Carolina.
Eric Medlin explains how President Donald Trump is risking a second recession that could permanently damage his economic legacy.
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