Two years ago this past Friday, a group of Republican foreign policy experts (ultimately numbering 122) wrote an open letter warning the country about then-candidate Donald Trump’s unfitness to lead as commander in chief. Among their concerns:
“His vision of American influence and power in the world is wildly inconsistent and unmoored in principle. He swings from isolationism to military adventurism within the space of one sentence.
“His advocacy for aggressively waging trade wars is a recipe for economic disaster in a globally connected world. ...
“His hateful, anti-Muslim rhetoric undercuts the seriousness of combating Islamic radicalism by alienating partners in the Islamic world making significant contributions to the effort.