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Under the Constitution the President, Not Unelected Bureaucrats, Makes Foreign Policy

Under the Constitution the President, Not Unelected Bureaucrats, Makes Foreign Policy
President Donald Trump leaves the Oval Office to make a statement announcing that a deal has been reached to reopen the government through Feb. 15 during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on Jan. 25, 2019. Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images
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Impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump are unprecedented in that they center on foreign policy rather than alleged domestic abuses.

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Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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