How America Became Irrelevant to the Rest of the World @alternet

How America Became Irrelevant to the Rest of the World @alternet: Trump’s “America first” policy is unconvincing, but what makes it truly dangerous is his accompanying erratic pronouncements. Depending on the hour, President Trump is in open conflict with Congress, the media, the intelligence services, his own national-security adviser, his generals, and now, seemingly, his own veterans affairs director. That sort of turbulence leaves the United States paralyzed and indecisive, unable to speak with a common, or even coherent, voice on a number of important policy issues. And it appears that, on many topics, other countries have stopped listening.