[Candor7]

We have a new era definition of allies.

Allies who are dependents are not allies.

Tyis is the point.

Alienating dependents does not pose a problem

They either pull their weight or not.They either return to the values of free speech and liberty, or not.

And so we may go it alone. But we will remain dedicated tio the values of the Constitution, and we will prevail.Just as we have done historically.

[nathanbedford]

You really love America being an empire where the costs of maintaining the periphery bleeds the seat of the empire white. The American empires is a lose, lose for American citizens.

If you want to have a mercantilist economy, (that is really Trump's dream which I share) that is an economy that sells abroad and not just domestically, you have to have the sea lanes open and you have to have some degree of international policing.

America might be able to reduce the cost of this by enlisting its allies. If it does not do so it will have to withdraw into fortress America and survive by sustaining economy only with internal consumption.

It wants to keep sea lanes open, it should enlist allies to help. Is that better done by insulting them or by enlisting them in a mutual enterprise?