One retreat from world leadership can be seen in Mr. Trump’s proposal to cut funding for the State Department and foreign aid by as much as 37 percent. A far better approach would be to insist on stronger labor and currency standards in trade agreements while helping American workers and industry by investing in education and infrastructure. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyANTI-IMMIGRATION HYSTERIAMr. Trump’s instinct to wall off the world exacts its greatest human toll on America’s immigrants. The unfortunate human consequences of Mr. Trump’s punitive policies tend to obscure the economic consequences of keeping people out and deporting those already here, but these effects are real. Many undocumented immigrants and workers on temporary visas pay into Social Security and Medicare without ever benefiting from those programs.

Source: New York Times March 04, 2017 19:30 UTC