Is The Trump Administration Boxing In Biden's Foreign Policy?

The U.S. flag flies in a dawn breeze on top of the White House before the start of the midterm election in Washington, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Helgren. Reuters 

Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN: Trump team looks to box in Biden on foreign policy by lighting too many fires to put out 

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's order of a further withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq is the latest foreign policy move on a growing list in his final weeks in office that are meant to limit President-elect Joe Biden's options before he takes office in January. 

The White House has directed newly installed acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller to focus his attention in the remaining weeks on cyber and irregular warfare, with a focus on China in particular, an administration official tells CNN. It is contemplating new terrorist designations in Yemen that could complicate efforts to broker peace. And it has rushed through authorization of a massive arms sale that could alter the balance of power in the Middle East. 

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WNU Editor: With the exception of designating the Houthi leadership as a terror organization, these are long known Trump foreign policy positions that have been in the works for a very long time. They can also be easily reversed by the next administration if they should decide to do so.