Generally speaking, it is widely, yet erroneously accepted that a central part of such a doctrine would emphasize negotiation and collaboration rather than confrontation and unilateralism in international affairs.
Unilateralism, it is argued, can be considered nothing more than a positively-sold version of the very actions that would earn other states the title of aggressor or rogue nation.
The foreign policy neophyte, who irked allies with his strutting unilateralism and hostility to global treaties, was commander-in-chief of a superpower at war.