Trump’s Foreign Policy Has ‘Fascist’ Overtones: Former Defense Secretary [Video]

Former President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign affairs is characterized by “isolationism, xenophobia and white nationalism,” a former secretary of defense has said.

With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, foreign policy issues have not featured heavily in the campaigns of either presidential candidate and have largely been subordinate to domestic topics—such as inflation, abortion and immigration. However, with geopolitical crises brewing across several regions, the international strategy of the next commander in chief should arguably be a key consideration for American voters.

“Foreign-policy issues rarely rank high with voters,” William S. Cohen wrote in a Tuesday op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, “but they have an enormous effect on domestic prosperity as well as on the global landscape.”

Cohen, who served as secretary of defense under President Bill Clinton between 1997 and 2001, believes Trump is ill-equipped to handle the numerous foreign matters the next president is set to face.

He said Trump’s approach to …