RonSupportsYou2h ago
"Many Republicans (in the House and Senate) have tied themselves in knots over the past few days to avoid contradicting or seeming to criticize Mr. Trump while confronting major questions about who should govern #Venezuela, whether Washington is pursuing regime change there and how deeply involved the United States should be — and for how long — in shaping the country’s future":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/politics/trump-venezuela-congress-republicans.html
#isolationism vs #colonialism #Trump #WorstPresidentEver #politics
After Maduro Ouster, Trump’s Venezuela Moves Pose a Challenge for GOP in Congress

Republicans have cheered the raid that ousted Nicolás Maduro but toiled to square their longstanding views with President Trump’s unclear and rapidly evolving strategy.

The New York Times
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS1d ago
“The US #attack on #Venezuela was the most revealing piece to date in the puzzle that has been Trump’s second-term foreign policy, demonstrating that opportunistic 19th-century-style #imperialism, rather than #isolationism, is the prism through which the #Trump #doctrine is best understood.” https://www.gmfus.org/news/watching-china-europe-january-2026
Watching China in Europe—January 2026

GMFUS
Kim Perales5d ago

Mali & Burkina Faso🚨have announced new entry restrictions on US citizens, saying the decision is a direct response to DC’s move to place both countries under a full #TravelBan.

The decision was confirmed in sep ofcl stmts on Wed after the🚨two W AFR nations were incl in an expanded #travel restriction list approved by Trump.

Follows:🚨reports that Niger imposed a travel ban on US citizens.
#Isolationism #Visa #Racism #Immigrants #FamilySeparation #Uprising #Protest #USPol
https://www.arise.tv/mali-and-burkina-faso-bar-us-citizens-in-reciprocal-response-to-trumps-expanded-travel-ban/

Mali And Burkina Faso Bar US Citizens In Reciprocal Response To Trump’s Expanded Travel Ban

Mali and Burkina Faso announce reciprocal entry bans on US citizens after Washington places both countries under full travel restrictions.

joe•iuculano Dec 7

December 7, 1941, "a date that will live in infamy", marks the pivotal moment when America shifted from isolationism to a global superpower, a status that is currently diminishing in the Age of Trump

#WW2 #FDR #Trump #Isolationism #Superpower #PearlHarbor #History

Show threadNonilexDec 5

In the meeting, #Pentagon ofcls indicated that Washington was not yet satisfied with the strides #Europe has made to boost its #defense capabilities since #Russia's expanded invasion of #Ukraine in 2022.

The #US ofcls told their counterparts that if Europe does not meet the 2027 deadline, the US may stop participating in some #NATO defense coordination mechanisms, said the sources….

#geopolitics #allies #alliance #ForeignPolicy #diplomacy #SoftPower #isolationism #Trump

Show threadNonilexDec 5

The message, recounted by 5 sources familiar with the discussion, including a #US ofcl, was conveyed at a meeting in DC this week of #Pentagon staff overseeing #NATO policy & several European delegations.

The shifting of this burden from the US to #Europe members of the #NATO would dramatically change how the United States, a founding member of the post-war #alliance, works with its most important military partners.

#geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #diplomacy #SoftPower #isolationism #Trump

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Dec 3

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other Nations, far away. We have learned that we must live as men and not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1945-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C.

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #foreignrelations #internationalaffairs #internationalrelations #isolationism #peace #smallworld #worldpeace #mutuality

Speech (1945-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C. - Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | WIST Quotations

We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other Nations, far away. We have learned that we must live as men and not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger. (Source (Audio); dialog verified)

WIST Quotations
WIST Quotations Has Moved!Dec 2

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

Much has been said in this country about not wanting to participate in foreign wars and people who have said it, must now face the fact that foreign wars come very close to our own shores. We will always have not only the religious groups, but many groups who feel that war is wrong. I cannot imagine how anyone could feel otherwise with the picture before them today. But when force not only rules in certain countries, but is as menacing to all the world, as it is today, one cannot live in a Utopia which prays for different conditions and ignores those which exist.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1940-05-17), “My Day”

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/80…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #avertingwar #casusbelli #force #idealism #isolationism #justwar #pacifism #pragmatism #utopia #war #warishell #WorldWar2

Column (1940-05-17), "My Day" - Roosevelt, Eleanor | WIST Quotations

Much has been said in this country about not wanting to participate in foreign wars and people who have said it, must now face the fact that foreign wars come very close to our own shores. We will always have not only the religious groups, but many groups who feel…

WIST Quotations
Sage 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 🇻🇪 🇺🇦 🇨🇺 🍉Nov 28

Trump’s Protectionist Turn Is a Death Blow for Neoliberalism
https://jacobin.com/2025/04/trump-protectionism-neoliberalism-trade-globalism

#fuckneoliberalism
#tradewars
#isolationism
#fascism

Trump’s Protectionist Turn Is a Death Blow for Neoliberalism

Donald Trump’s trade war means that we’re entering a qualitatively new phase in the history of capitalism. Yet the new economic order taking shape will be just as “globalist” as the neoliberal regime it’s supplanting.

RonSupportsYouNov 27
After Trump decided not to attend the most recent G-20 Summit, South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said: “The G-20 should send a clear message that the world can move on with or without the U.S. We will mark them absent and continue with the business.”
#isolationism #Trump #PutinsPuppet #politics Source: Foreign Policy magazine.