Some observers have approvingly claimed that the second Trump administration heralds a realist revival in American foreign policy. Writing in Foreign Affairs, Robert O’Brien, who served as national security adviser in the first Trump administration, eagerly promised “the return of realism with a Jacksonian flavor.”

The following statement of President Trump’s America First priorities was issued by the White House moments after President Trump took the oath of office.

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump declared that "America's decline is over," while promising several executive orders on a range of areas from immigration to inflation.