President Trump will soon bring his vision of America’s evolving international role to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. At the same time, the penultimate gathering of NAFTA negotiators will convene across the Atlantic in Montreal.
Both at home and abroad, Trump is currently one of the most unpopular U.S. leaders in modern history. Overseas, he is widely perceived as an economic nationalist who is also determined to weaken traditional U.S. alliances in Europe and Asia.
At Davos, Trump could recommit the United States to its pivotal role in NATO and a strengthened trans-Atlantic alliance. He could surprise his audience by stating that the U.