How Much of the Obama Doctrine Will Survive Trump?

On Tuesday, President Obama delivered what was billed as his last big foreign-policy address before his term ends. Speaking at MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, the headquarters of Central Command and Special Operations Command, Obama called for the United States to adhere to the law and to abstain from using torture, imposing religious tests, stigmatizing Muslims, and other illiberal acts that Donald Trump has, at times, advocated. “These terrorists can never directly destroy our way of life, but we can do it for them if we lose track of who we are and the values that this nation was founded upon,” Obama declared.

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