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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
    Trump is a geopolitical neophyte. His base's orientation is much more isolationist than any candidate since Buchannon an any President since Hoover.
    Misconception! Trump is not an isolationist at all in mindset, rhetoric, or policy - he is a unilateralist.

    His understanding of strength, because he is a weak and insecure man, is embodied through throwing our weight around and intimidating other countries (especially friendly ones).

    An isolationist does not see an active role for a country in world affairs. Trump merely intensifies the logic of American interventionism as a mechanism to deliver goodies. There is no pretense that multilateral arrangements should be something other than tribute-taking exercises. Recall the infamous blog in 2011 in which brainstormed occupying Libya in exchange for "half their oil".

    Don't call Trump an isolationist, it's not evidenced. This is his vision for American participation:


    Vitiate Man.

    History repeats the old conceits
    The glib replies, the same defeats


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