But it shouldn’t erase the troubling memory of one major element of Trump’s inaugural address. Trump outlined a world in which foreign relations are collapsed into a zero-sum game. No more, declared Trump: “From this day forward, it’s going to be only America First.”Imagine how this resonates abroad. The Marshall Plan surely took wealth away from the American middle class and distributed it abroad. Global leadership is what made America great.

Source: National Post January 28, 2017 01:55 UTC