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China has it, America doesn't; a vision, a strategic plan for the future

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In meetings with foreign leaders Mr. Trump certainly has made more enemies than friends. He criticized various nations for not contributing their share to NATO operations but said little to nothing about how he intends to honor America's deep commitment to NATO and its objectives.

Former U.S. ambassador to NATO, Nicholas Burns, said, "We are looking at a real weakening of the leadership and credibility of the United States in the world."

Martin Wolf of Britain's Financial Times: "We live in the world the U.S. made. Now it is unmaking it. We cannot ignore that grim reality." Also that "Trump has revolutionized our ideas of what the U.S. stands for."

Deutche Welle, Germany's public international broadcaster, warned that "Trump's unreliability is pushing Europe to 'pivot to Asia', especially China."

And to top off his many ill-conceived statements and actions, the world saw Trump recently remove the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord, which all the other countries of the world, except Syria and Nicaragua, have joined. He thumbed his nose at the world and said, "America first!"

In a sign of things to come, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended a two day meeting in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ahead of wider meetings with European Union leaders.

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