One of the reasons I voted for Trump was that he indicated little support for American involvement in foreign wars.  He has not, to my knowledge, proposed escalation of prior American military activities.  I am hoping that he will wind them down.  But the opiner's position that soft power, i.e. foreign aid helps reduce anti-American terrorism is not clearly demonstrated.  The safest thing we could do would be to withdraw all military forces from conflict areas and allow the relentless civil disorder burn itself out.  We don't seem to intervene without causing more death and destruction than if we had refrained.  When the locals achieve stability with whatever form of government they chose, we can win them over with trade and the enjoyments of modern western culture.  Until the hatred of America is burned out, it would be wise not to promote immigration from anti-American countries.  Remember the immigrant kid the FBI got to push the button to kill masses in Portland?