Overview

• Former Senator Jeff Flake published a Washington Post op-ed on May 29 calling on Republican lawmakers to speak out against President Trump’s foreign policy direction.
• Flake warns that internal safeguards that once curbed the president’s more aggressive instincts have largely disappeared.
• He cautions that U.S. withdrawal from diplomatic forums and security alliances creates a vacuum often filled by adversaries such as Russia and China.
• Flake underscores Congress’s equal role in shaping foreign policy, urging bipartisan support for NATO and allies resisting Russian aggression.
• He emphasizes that restoring trust in American leadership is a multigenerational effort and that global partners are closely watching Congressional response.