Mitt Romney will make a good senator, and he had fine points in his critique of President Trump, but he has a glaring oversight: The senator-elect was far too kind to the foreign policy of Trump’s predecessor, former President Barack Obama.

Romney does not mention Obama by name, but a central contention of his article is that U.S. global leadership is crucial. Noting rising great power competition by China and Russia, Romney observes the ingredients of U.S.-led international stability: “Our economic and military strength was part of that, of course, but our enduring commitment to principled conduct in foreign relations, and to the rights of all people to freedom and equal justice, was even more esteemed. Trump’s words and actions have caused dismay around the world.”