Whatâs truly striking, though, and increasingly apparent, is that President Trump possessesâas a foreign policy autocrat, of sortsâthe power to derail the Democrats and place 2020 hopefuls in an awkward position of defending U.S. forever wars. Itâs already happening, at least among mainstream âliberalâ media and political personalities whoâve flooded the networks with anti-Trump vitriol since the Syria withdrawal.