Trump’s foreign policy logic: the US will stand with ‘friends’ and against whatever friends oppose Joel Rubin, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, said it was no surprise for him to see the Trump administration place a fresh round of sanctions against Iran. When analyzing Trump's logic on foreign policy to CGTN's Tian Wei on “World Insight with Tian Wei," Rubin suggested that the US President Donald Trump tends to govern by categorizing other countries as either friends or foes. As a result, the US will stand with “friends” and against whatever friends are against. For example, in this case, with Israel, against Iran.