What is Foreign policy of the United States?
[[File:Secretary Pompeo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (42910851015).jpg|thumb|[[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Malaysian Prime Minister]] [[Mahathir Mohamad]] met with US Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] in 2018.]] The '''foreign policy of the United States''' is the way that the [[United States]] acts towards other countries and involves setting out how US [[organization|organizations]], [[corporation|corporations]], and individual [[citizenship|citizens]] should act towards foreign countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Background of American Foreign Policy|url=https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/american-government/foreign-policy/background-of-american-foreign-policy|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.cliffsnotes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Foreign Policy: What Now? [ushistory.org]|url=https://www.ushistory.org/gov/11a.asp|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.ushistory.org}}</ref> The US has a lot of power in the world for several reasons. The country has a $15 trillion [[economy]] and approximately a quarter of the global [[gross domestic product]]. It also has a defense [[budget]] of $711 billion, which is about 43% of [[military]] spending in the world. The US has a [[United States Military|powerful military]], which it can send out to protect countries or locations that are considered important to the country's foreign policy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lindsay|first=Ivo H. Daalder and James M.|date=2003-01-01|title=The Globalization of Politics: American Foreign Policy for a New Century|url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-globalization-of-politics-american-foreign-policy-for-a-new-century/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Brookings|language=en-US}}</ref> The US [[Secretary of State]] does the same as the [[foreign minister]] of other countries and is responsible for [[diplomacy]] with other countries. The position is now held by [[Antony Blinken]]. However, the [[President of the United States]] has the highest authority over US foreign policy. The United States House Committee on For