Well, maybe Trump ought to just spell it out then, that his policy is "making the Middle East safe for dictators."
That is, if he really believes what you're projecting on him.
That remark is just as useless as all your high minded blather about principles. No administration is going to apply their principles to the ME unless they are willing to put many hundreds of thousands of US troops there.
Otherwise, the best we can hope for are military dictators such Mubarak or Al Sisi in Egypt, and the various monarchs who've ruled reasonably stable nations for years.
You’re looking for perfection in Trump’s policies.
Trump is not mainly talking to the engaged, he’s speaking to the millions of pissed off voters. That’s why he’s leading in the polls.