Alfred W. McCoy | The World According to Trump: Or How to Build a Wall and Lose an Empire



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Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch 
McCoy writes: "In just one extraordinary year, Trump has destabilized the delicate duality that has long been the foundation for U.S. foreign policy: favoring war over diplomacy, the Pentagon over the State Department, and narrow national interest over international leadership. But in a globalizing world interconnected by trade, the Internet, and the rapid proliferation of nuclear-armed missiles, walls won't work." 
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