Mark Halperin

We're not going to want to put more American forces in other countries.

The scarring

For many Americans of Afghanistan and Iraq, where efforts to get post Vietnam efforts to engage in nation building did not pan out, to say the least.

And now you've got a president who very much says he doesn't want foreign entanglements.

No, no forever wars.

Right.

But he's still doing it in the sense of still being engaged.

So here's a bit of the last four two term presidents before Donald Trump and how they talked about foreign policy and America's role in the world when they were second termers.

OK, we start with Ronald Reagan.

This is S1, please.

Four very different presidents, four very solemn guys there.

But the through line is a very specific, very focused belief that America is indispensable in the world, that American safety and security and prosperity at home require a robust presence around the world.

Now, circumstances have changed.

As I said, attitudes have changed.

Americans are far less inclined to engage in

these kinds of military diplomatic and economic adventures around the world.

But the focus of all four of those guys in their second term was heavily towards foreign policy.

President Reagan was dealing with the end of the Cold War, winding down the Cold War.

So he was dealing a lot with the Soviet Union, transitioning into Russia, dealing with Gorbachev, dealing with nuclear weapons issues.

And of course, he also got embroiled in Iran-Contra,