Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's top policy chief under President Trump, has implemented controversial policies that blindsided White House staff and global allies. His decision to pause shipments of air defense missiles to Ukraine surprised many Trump allies and lawmakers. Colby’s reviews of strategic agreements, like the submarine pact with Australia and the U.K., have raised concerns among officials at the State Department and National Security Council. Observers within the administration believe he is promoting a neo-isolationist stance, suggesting a reduction in U.S. international engagement.
Colby has made a series of rapid-fire moves that have blindsided parts of the White House and frustrated several of America's foreign allies, according to seven people familiar with the situation.
He prompted last week's decision... to halt shipments of some air defense missiles to Ukraine, which caught many Trump allies and lawmakers off guard.
He is pissing off just about everyone I know inside the administration... They all view him as the guy who's going to make the U.S. do less in the world in general.
He has basically decided that he's going to be the intellectual driving force behind a kind of neo-isolationism that believes that the United States should act more alone.
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