Abandon diplomatic and soft power options. Discontinue foreign aid; withdraw from international institutions to ensure the US loses influence in global initiatives and events.
Alienate trading partners with tariffs to reduce customer bases for US goods (soybeans, anyone?) and encourage formation of free-trade zones without US participation.
Politicize the Fed to raise borrowing costs and undermine the dollar as the world’s reserve currency; help China supplant it with the yuan.
Cripple US science and technology by slashing spending, driving top researchers overseas and reducing domestic training in critical fields.
Refuse to fund renewables. Cede leadership in next-generation energy technologies to China.
America benefited enormously from leading the post-WWII international order through cooperation and
alliances The emerging one shaped by our retreat and isolation may not be so pleasant.
‘We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done. A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.” (journalist Garrett Graff)
Barbara Hall
Midtown
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