[Mariner]

“They also stressed the importance of keeping markets open, warning that the protectionism and isolationism symbolized by Trump’s “America First” stance won’t solve global problems.”

The silly bastards still haven’t figured out the American people are not interested in solving global problems.

Our interest is EXCLUSIVELY to solve our own problems, rest of the world be damned.

[Olog-hai]

Barry Goldwater noted in The Conscience of a Conservative that “American freedom has always depended, to an extent, on what is happening beyond our shores.” The behavior of these nation-states is not insignificant, especially when they are out to create global problems rather than solve them. It would be a grave error to allow them to accrue power that matches their ambition, of course.