MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate vaulted the political newcomer to the role of the MAGA movement’s would-be standard bearer.
But the selection didn’t just elevate the first-term Ohio senator and designate him as Trump’s preferred successor; it also further solidified a faction of the party that embraces an isolationist, “America First” approach to the world stage.
There may be some exceptions to that approach — take U.S. support of Israel, for example, which is continuing its war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.
