While I agree with most of what you posted, I am going to be contest your outlook on Trump on the Isolationist front. While he may be more isolationist minded than typical Republican hawks, everything I have seen is that he is more in the vein of the old "Speak Softly, carry a big stick" style of "isolation" practiced by T. Roosevelt.

Which is to say, he would generally avoid boots on the ground and getting directly involved, but he would pimpslap a ho if needed.

When Assad dropped chemical weapons on the rebels in Syria, Trump ordered the airstrip the chemical attack was launched from flattened with mass cruise missile strike. Suddenly, the chemical attacks stopped.

When Putin started dicking around in Donbass more, Trump broke from the old Obama policy and started authorizing heavy weapons to be sold to Ukraine. Which probably was a godsend because it allowed them to have some knowledge when the time came for a true war.

When some Wagner forces in Syria attempted to attack a US outpost to try and intimidate us, Mattis and Trump gave the order to have them laid the fuck out.

And of course, bringing N. Korea to the negotiating table by responding with "My button's bigger" when they tried to intimidate with nukes yet again.

However, I will concede that he (or at least a ton of his supporters and cohorts) have moved toward a true isolationist policy instead of the "Keep them cowed through fear" style that actually works.

While I agree with most of what you posted, I am going to be contest your outlook on Trump. While he may be more isolationist minded than typical Republican hawks, everything I have seen is that he is more in the vein of the old "Speak Softly, carry a big stick" style of "isolation" practiced by T. Roosevelt.

Which is to say, he would generally avoid boots on the ground and getting directly involved, but he would pimpslap a ho if needed.

When Assad dropped chemical weapons on the rebels in Syria, Trump ordered the airstrip the chemical attack was launched from flattened with mass cruise missile strike. Suddenly, the chemical attacks stopped.

When Putin started dicking around in Donbass more, Trump broke from the old Obama policy and started authorizing heavy weapons to be sold to Ukraine. Which probably was a godsend because it allowed them to have some knowledge when the time came for a true war.

When some Wagner forces in Syria attempted to attack a US outpost to try and intimidate us, Mattis and Trump gave the order to have them laid the fuck out.

And of course, bringing N. Korea to the negotiating table by responding with "My button's bigger" when they tried to intimidate with nukes yet again.

However, I will concede that he (or at least a ton of his supporters and cohorts) have moved toward a true isolationist policy instead of the "Keep them cowed through fear" style that actually works.