Trump's 'America First' policy is dead

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(CNN) If the last two years have shown us anything, it's that America's strength depends on its international alliances.

The twin shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia's war on Ukraine have exposed the pitfalls of former President Donald Trump's so-called America First policy, which was premised on the idea that working with our allies requires the United States to contribute more than what we gain in return.

The pandemic revealed that the only way to handle a devastating virus in an age of global movement is through international coordination and cooperation. Sharing valuable research on the virus and information about caseloads or new variants, not to mention working across borders to distribute vaccines, have all been crucial to the fight against the pandemic.

And with Vladimir Putin waging war in Ukraine, the US has worked in concert with its allies to apply immense economic pressure on Russia and provide military support for Ukraine. The fact that an attack on any NATO country bordering Ukraine would trigger a fierce response from other members of the alliance remains an important check on Russia's territorial ambitions.

Today, we are seeing a revival of support for the international outlook that President Harry Truman promoted during the early Cold War. Of course, this support is less about ramping up military spending or committing US forces to fight against communist expansion around the globe, and more about his insistence that international alliances were crucial to US diplomatic and military success.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/18/opinions/trump-america-first-internationalism-zelizer/index.html
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The United Nations needs to remove Russia as a Permanent Member, at least until Putin is gone.
 
solipsism
sŏl′ĭp-sĭz″əm, sō′lĭp-
noun
The theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified.
The view that the self is the only reality.
The belief or proposition that the person entertaining it alone exists, and that other people exist only as ideas in his mind.


Bye, bye El Trumpo.
 
Jack said:
The United Nations needs to remove Russia as a Permanent Member, at least until Putin is gone.
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That would seem to require a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly and maybe some other conditions. :dunno:

It happened once before with Taiwan, which as the Republic of China was a founder member.
 
Tranquillus in Exile said:
That would seem to require a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly and maybe some other conditions. :dunno:

It happened once before with Taiwan, which as the Republic of China was a founder member.
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This is an International Crisis. The UN needs to step up here. It's what the UN is all about.
 
I find it astonishing to think that the left believes Biden cooperated with someone......basically he took no action until everyone else painted him into a corner where his balking became obvious.....
 
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