Originally Posted by
Arcade22
http://www.politico.eu/article/europ...l-survives-it/
Evidently America was at its greatest before it was the hegemon of Europe or even before it was considered a great power at all.
Instead of leading the western world under Trump the US is losing its global standing and becoming an unpredictable, irrational outlier focused on the petty domestic issues at the expense of securing its own central position internationally.
Any agreement is only important to Trump if it somehow gives Americans more jobs or reduces the trade deficit, all other concerns are irrelevant or at most an after-thought. In spite of Americas great wealth, power and prestige it's current government is fixated upon satisfying their most basic needs at the expense of its own long-term well being, such as by working to mitigate the effects of global warming.
How can a people have so much yet complain that it's not enough and the world has somehow cheated them out of their fair share?
"What's mine is mine.