According to an opinion piece published in early April 2026 in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', "Trump has made clear he doesn’t want to be the neutral protector of the [[Persian Gulf|[Persian] Gulf]], upholder of what became known in 1980 as the [[Carter Doctrine]]."<ref>[ Trump and Bismarck in the Same Sentence], Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' op-ed, April 3, 2026.</ref> | According to an opinion piece published in early April 2026 in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', "Trump has made clear he doesn’t want to be the neutral protector of the [[Persian Gulf|[Persian] Gulf]], upholder of what became known in 1980 as the [[Carter Doctrine]]."<ref>[ Trump and Bismarck in the Same Sentence], Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' op-ed, April 3, 2026.</ref> |