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usonian

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Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:11 PM Yesterday

America First? [View all]

The GOP was all over isolationism, and you've seen the tweets from "the good old days"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21066609

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Now, we have reckless, rogue warmongering that Mussolini and Hirohito would envy.

Not only is it morally reprehensible, but it's a giant contradiction that would challenge even the "Great Wall of Denial" that characterizes the maga cult.



Trump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18 6:30 AM
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385521-trump-we-dont-want-to-be-the-policemen-of-the-world/

President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the “policemen of the world.”

“We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

“We’re spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldn’t be the priority,” he said.

Trump ran on the promise that he would extricate the U.S. from foreign wars.


and by the way ...




Strategists, What say you?????
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