These GOP foreign policy pros are wary of working for Trump
WASHINGTON — Members of the conservative foreign policy intelligentsia, who spent the eight long years of the Obama administration biding their time at think tanks and universities, finally have a shot at upper level administration jobs.
But now that those coveted Washington positions as deputy secretaries, assistant secretaries, and the like are finally open, many are racked with new anxiety: Is it a good idea to serve in a Trump administration if you disagree deeply with Donald Trump?
How the country’s top foreign policy minds navigate that question will determine whether the layers of government just below Cabinet secretaries — i.e. the folks who do the actual work of government — are filled or shunned by the right’s best and the brightest.
Many would-be aspirants for Department of Defense, Department of State, and other national security posts must decide whether to steer clear of a president-elect who might push what the foreign policy establishment considers extreme policies or take a Trump administration job and push for moderation from within.
“Everyone is having this exact same conversation,” said Daniel Twining, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. “Everyone is saying, ‘What are you going to do?’ ”
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