I feel like Trump’s entire point to this is literally to make the US more isolated and self-sufficient. While I get the point of the latter, this whole charade is making it very clear that the US should NEVER be trusted going forward. If such sweeping changes can be made by one deranged man’s pen, every 4 years the US could instantly change all posture and break every agreement on a whim. The US multi-tiered “checks and balances” do not work and no one will know what the US will do, near term or long term. This sends a clear message of “don’t do any deals with us”. Stability is NOT the US way in the slightest.

45%! Those are rookie numbers!

The thumbnail has a man holding a sign that says “Make Racists Afraid Again”. I’m fairly certain they never were here in the US in my time (1980’s and on). They have gone through multiple states of empowerment, but I’ve never seen evidence of them being afraid. Props to France if that ever occurred.