working class stiff wrote:
Agree, and to my mind not at all surprising. A country cannot be a world leader and nationalist at the same time. While we may still be a world power, we have given up the mantle of leader because all nations know that America comes first now. What else would one expect when we alienate our erstwhile allies?
I don't think other countries are 'pushing back' as much as reading the writing on the wall. They are no longer able to rely on us and that is a rational stance to take.
I would much prefer Trump's approach of MAGA than Obama's traveling the world apologizing for the U.S.