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One of the trump administration’s goals is to isolate America and weaken its stature among its allies. Whether or not this particular action is a result of that
by sonotathrowaway 6y ago
One of the trump administration’s goals is to isolate America and weaken its stature among its allies. Whether or not this particular action is a result of that is unclear.
- Udik 6y ago> One of the trump administration’s goals is to isolate America and weaken its stature among its allies Why?
- InitialLastName 6y agoBecause Trump's base thinks that trade with those allies is the reason they can't get a manufacturing/extraction job that will support their desired lifestyle.
- Udik 6y agoThis is not the equivalent of weakening the US's stature among allies. And even if that were the only possible outcome of that policy, it still wouldn't be the administration's goal, only an unintended side effect.
- sonotathrowaway 6y agoBecause he views the world transactionally and as a zero sum game, “America first” has to come at the expense of other nations. It doesn’t hurt that his benefactor feels threatened by NATO and was expelled from the G7