“By preemptively counting itself out, Washington squanders its own influence, isolates itself, and makes room for its rivals to work their will," Suzanne Nossel argues.
"It's not that every president is a huge fan of the United Nations or multilateralism, internationalism. But this seems to take it to another level," Craig Kafura says.
"There are not a lot of things that Trump holds dear as sort of core principles [aside from] the tariffs, a real disdain for US allies, and a respect for strength," Craig Kafura says.
"Around the world, autocrats have recognized the power of comedians to puncture preferred narratives, undermine authority and stoke dissent," Suzanne Nossel writes.
"Until the great powers can either agree—or at least agree to disagree—on what comes next, the new world order will remain radically incomplete," Daniel Drezner argues.
"Even leaders of countries with strongly independent central banks have chafed against the orthodoxy" of current macroeconomic policy, Paul Poast writes.
