Unfortunately, it does seem likely that "Make America Athens losing the Peloponnesian War (again)" is the policy objective. If one wanted to look on the bright

Unfortunately, it does seem likely that "Make America Athens losing the Peloponnesian War (again)" is the policy objective. If one wanted to look on the bright side, there's a chance that "I am a master businessman who can cut better deals" is a merely way to have something say about foreign policy without having to go to the effort of thinking about it.