ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes President Donald J. Trump’s use of Twitter to communicate his thoughts about the US foreign policy. The most significant areas in Trump’s tweets appeared to be the Middle East, North Korea, and Russia. Trump’s tweet came at a time of growing tensions with Russia. If Trump succeeds in drawing on his own party to pursue the goal of improving US-Russia relations, in the short term he may have more flexibility in this foreign policy area; however, in the long run, building relations with a major world power based on partisan support along party lines may not be helpful. From a few of Trump’s tweets, it appears that he would like to draw on support of members of his own party while adopting a combative stance with respect to Democrats as he pursues the goal of improving US-Russia relations.
