内容摘要："What we had set out to do, no-one thought we could do," he continues. "And we had become so successful in our agenda, it was hard to say, 'No, I'm going to stop now'... It was a hard decision."

"What we had set out to do, no-one thought we could do," he continues. "And we had become so successful in our agenda, it was hard to say, 'No, I'm going to stop now'... It was a hard decision."

Absent from Trump's speech was any mention of possible collective action by the US and other countries; no talk of multilateral cooperation against the threat of climate change, no concerns about challenges to democratic or human rights in the region. This was a discourse almost entirely without reference to ideology or values except to dismiss their significance.Rather, he used his speech to Saudi leaders to make his clearest argument yet against Western interventionism of the past, attacking what he called "the so-called nation-builders and neo-cons" for "giving you lectures on how to live or how to govern your own affairs".

To the applause of his Arab audience, he said these "Western interventionists" had "wrecked more nations than they built", adding: "Far too many American presidents have been afflicted with the notion that it's our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders and use US policy to dispense justice for their sins."I believe it's God's job to sit in judgement. My job is to defend America."That reluctance to intervene was on show in recent days when it came to the fighting between India and Pakistan. In the past, the US has often played a key role seeking to end military confrontations in the subcontinent. But the Trump White House was initially cautious about getting involved.

Vice-President JD Vance told Fox News the fighting was "fundamentally none of our business… We can't control these countries".In the end, both he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio did make calls, putting pressure on both nuclear powers to de-escalate. So too did other countries.

When the ceasefire was agreed, Trump claimed US diplomacy had brokered the deal. But that was flatly dismissed by Indian diplomats who insisted it was a bilateral truce.

The centrality of Trump to US foreign policy has also become apparent this week. This is more than just a simple truism. On show was the lack of involvement of other parts of the US government that traditionally help shape US decision-making overseas.For a week last November, the photo above - apparently taken at a stand-up show in New York - was his Wikipedia picture.

When it was removed, an editor noted "having no picture is better than what's currently there".The photo of the English footballer Kyle Bartley, taken in 2011, has also been highlighted by social media users as evidence of Wikipedia's picture problem.

started its work at the beginning of 2024.The photographers are not paid and most are based in the US, but there are volunteers across the world.