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Trump to Walk America's Perpetual Imperialist-Isolationist Tightrope
Submitted by Westernerd on Thu, 2017-01-26 04:00
Americans are imperialists and also isolationists. We want to guide the world, but we also believe every nation should guide itself. At different times, according to circumstances, these contrary impulses emerge in different proportions. Our inability to choose between them shapes our conflicted approach to the world.
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