Will Donald Trump go for that burger with North Korea's Kim Jong Un to discuss the reclusive nation's nuclear ambitions like he suggested on the campaign trail?
And how will the president-elect actually deal with ISIS, China, the Middle East and leaders like Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin?
It's hard to tell.
Trump hasn't held any news conferences since his election.
He has only given interviews to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and released two video statements to the country — including one outlining the "executive actions" he plans to implement on the first day of his presidency.
Trump has also only attended two intelligence briefings since he won the election — a much lower number than his predecessors and fewer than even Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
So it's unclear whether the weight of the office has tempered some of the fiery rhetoric Trump expressed about foreign leaders and hot-button issues on the campaign trail and what his actual foreign policy will be.
One thing is for sure, when he was asked about how he sees America's role in the world by the New York Times, he replied that the U.S. should not "be a nation builder."
Dana Allin, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, fears American foreign policy is in "danger of being greatly diminished" under Trump.
Allin pointed out that Trump did say a lot during the course of the campaign, and his 30 years in public life, which taken together offer a clue to his worldview.
He is most worried about Trump's "admiration for authoritarian leaders and his lack of devotion to liberal democratic norms" which every president in recent memory has adhered to.
Allin said Trump has also shown himself to be consistently isolationist and protectionist.
And how will the president-elect actually deal with ISIS, China, the Middle East and leaders like Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin?
It's hard to tell.
Trump hasn't held any news conferences since his election.
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| North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes an artillery drill in an undated photo released by North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper. |
He has only given interviews to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and released two video statements to the country — including one outlining the "executive actions" he plans to implement on the first day of his presidency.
Trump has also only attended two intelligence briefings since he won the election — a much lower number than his predecessors and fewer than even Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
So it's unclear whether the weight of the office has tempered some of the fiery rhetoric Trump expressed about foreign leaders and hot-button issues on the campaign trail and what his actual foreign policy will be.
One thing is for sure, when he was asked about how he sees America's role in the world by the New York Times, he replied that the U.S. should not "be a nation builder."
Dana Allin, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, fears American foreign policy is in "danger of being greatly diminished" under Trump.
Allin pointed out that Trump did say a lot during the course of the campaign, and his 30 years in public life, which taken together offer a clue to his worldview.
He is most worried about Trump's "admiration for authoritarian leaders and his lack of devotion to liberal democratic norms" which every president in recent memory has adhered to.
Allin said Trump has also shown himself to be consistently isolationist and protectionist.
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