Trump would install loyalists to reshape U.S. foreign policy. Diplomats gird for “doomsday”

(Changes headline) By Gram Slattery, Simon Lewis, Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump in a second term would likely install loyalists in key positions in the Pentagon, State Department and CIA whose primary allegiance would be to him, allowing him more freedom than in his first presidency to enact isolationist policies and whims, nearly 20 current and former aides and diplomats said. The result would enable Trump to make sweeping changes to the U.S. stance on issues ranging from the Ukraine war to trade with China, as well as to the federal institutions that implement -…

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