Editorial Board
The Trump World Order
To avoid upending global stability, the president-elect will need to develop respect for it.
A delicate balance.
Photographer: NASA/NewsmakersPresident-elect Donald Trump has made a point of shaking things up. In domestic policy, this taste for disorder is risky. In foreign policy, it could be calamitous.
Trump isn’t yet president, so it’s early to be drawing conclusions. But concern is warranted. Trump rejects the status quo in America’s relations with the rest of the world, and seems to see global stability as a kind of national surrender.