Unstable Leadership

 Chaos Here Reverberates Around the World

Me First Attitudes

The alliances and treaties put in place after WWII were there to create political stability. The building of trading partners was to build a better world. After the First World War, the Germans and it's allies were punished with all sorts of sanctions. The idea was to isolate them. The result was the rise of fascism, and an unstable geopolitical climate. 75 million people perished in World War Two. Economies were left in ruin.

Today we're faced with repairing all those alliances and partnerships to rebuild the US and rebuild trust in us. But, are our allies willing to trust us?

There is a real hesitation from our allies after four years of America First.

For America’s allies and rivals alike, the chaos unfolding during Trump’s final days as president is the logical result of four years of global instability brought on by the man who promised to change the way the world viewed the U.S. From the outside, the nation has never looked so vulnerable — or unpredictable. Alliances that had held for generations have frayed badly — from leaving the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear deal to quitting the World Health Organization amid a pandemic. By seeking to overturn his loss to Joe Biden, Trump upended the bedrock principle of democratic elections that the U.S. has tried to export around the world, Lori Hinnant reports from Paris. (Ap)  

World warily watches America's postelection aftershocks

After the war the US, in partnership with its allies, took on the mantle of leadership. There was an understanding that we could not maintain our security by isolating ourselves. Our adversaries are trying to fill the vacuum we left. The US, in cooperation with our allies will need to reassert that leadership role, unless we want the Russians and the Chinese to take over.