Quote: (01-19-2016 11:26 PM)ordinaryleastsquared Wrote:
Its about making the world a better place for human beings to exist in, improving problems and creating efficiency and equity in the bureaucracy, and building alliances domestically and abroad to make these goals a reality.
Wrong. The president of the United States should put the interests of his nation and it's citizens above those of the rest of the world. If the US president is more concerned with the welfare of the rest of the world (in reality, more concerned with the welfare of the elite world), more than the welfare of US citizens and their future, then there is a huge problem. In fact, this is our current problem in case you haven't noticed.
I agree that the welfare of US citizens depends in part on building alliances globally, but the primary focus of the US president should always be to promote the interests of his people, not some other people, and certainly not some esoteric ideal.