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Column: Harris is auditioning to be commander-in-chief. Trump wants to be disrupter-in-chief

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Former President Trump renews his charge that the war in Gaza was a product of Biden ’s failures.

The candidates approach the world with divergent premises.

Trump has long expressed admiration for repressive autocrats, including Putin and Xi Jinping .

On some issues, the United States could even be marginalized — especially if you have an administration that isn’t good at building partnerships.

The choice before voters is stark: international leadership built around long-standing alliances, or disruptive unilateralism with a strange fondness for authoritarians.

Trump has also promised to touch off trade wars by imposing tariffs as high as 20% on every other country in the world, plus 60% on China .

Harris would be a more predictable leader — and predictability is a quality foreign governments cherish.

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