Abstract
The emergence of Donald Trump as America's president has begotten a foreign policy departure from his predecessors. Many analysts has categorized his foreign policy as a little to the left and a little to the right. Trump has been known to blow hot and cold at the same time. This paper sets out to analyze Americas foreign policy under Donald Trump, to ascertain why his perception seem to change for good after a oneon-one meeting with other world leaders perceived to be US foes. The paper relied on documentary analytical technique as our method of data collection, while qualitative descriptive method was adopted in our discourse. The paper is anchored on the trait theory. Findings among other revealed that; the FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies' presentation of leaders and events are sometimes different from what they are; things often turn out different when leaders meet one-on-one; also most of Trump's policies are influenced by his trait as has been demonstrated by some of his actions; furthermore, dealing directly with the issues has help Donald Trump achieve some of his foreign policy goals as against relying solely on the reports of the intelligence community as can be seen in the case of North Korea, Russia and lately China. The paper recommends among others; that there is need for leaders to go beyond intelligence reports of events and meet one-on one in order to resolve some foreign policy impasse as this has always help to reduce international tensions; and also, there is need to take into cognizance leaders personality trait in order to understand their foreign policy goals.