Four decades ago, Jeane Kirkpatrick published her famous article, “Dictatorships and Double Standards.” Today, it appears we have confronted a different problem of the same name.

Over the past four years, critics of former President Donald Trump’s foreign policy have relied on a straw man characterization of Trump’s relationship with allies and adversaries. They have argued that unlike previous U.S. leaders, Trump cozied up to dictators and alienated our friends. The evidence from his tenure simply does not support this argument. If anything, the United States has strengthened its bonds with our friends and stood up to our enemies.