I was going to engage, but on second thought your usual muscular argument should stand naked on its merits. :)
(Anyway I’m not even sure you are replying to the correct post!)
Look you are fighting the wrong fight, it would appear.
America is everything. Everything.
China. Europe. Russia. South America. All of those places are NOT America, and frankly do not matter.
America is key. Everything.
We need to get back to that focus.