And, Overnight, Trump Goes From ‘Dangerous Isolationalist’ To ‘Dangerous Imperialist’

“Every single American president from FDR on has believed that America has to exercise global leadership. The only exception is Donald Trump.” – Max Boot, PBS, Jan. 1, 2024.

 “Trump is squandering America’s moral capital — and inviting a global backlash against his avaricious overreach,” Max Boot, Washington Post, Jan. 12, 2026

BY: Issues and Insights Editorial Board

Sometimes, we wish the never-Trumpers of the world could settle on the reason they think Donald Trump is an existential threat to the nation. Up until a few weeks ago, the threat he posed, we were told, was that he was an isolationist. As pathological Trump-hater Max Boot repeatedly said, the world needs U.S. leadership, and Trump’s isolationalism was threatening peace and stability around the globe.

Boot was hardly the only one.