While Us foreign policy will continue in many ways the same regardless of who is president, I really think the kind of person leading the US does still count. I remember seeing a documentary of how Reagan's 'evil empire' rhetoric made the Russians so paranoid that they assumed the US really did want to attack first, and had their nuclear response on a hair trigger to retaliate, and how once it almost went off through a misunderstanding - so demeanour does matter, and Republican talk scares me, especially with respect to Iran and China...carry a big stick yes, but still tread softly!
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