Yeah, I guess . . . who knew, but for FR, that George Washington wasn’t really in charge during those days, but Benjamin Franklin?
Here is a thing that isolationist tend to forget one thing.. When Washington was President, we had a very weak Military. Also our founders weren’t truly isolationist.. Adams almost had a war against France (Washington was willing to be the commander in chief before he died).. Jefferson sent Marines to Lybia, and of course Madison had a nice war with the Brits..