"It does not resemble the 600-step supply chains crisscrossing Asia for security reasons, but it does require resources, labor, and security at varying price points and stages of demographic maturity. " - Agreed, the problem seems to be that even in old established allies, America want's to enact regime change (judging by their recent speech at the Munich security council), it's difficult to tell who they see as a friend and how the will "reward them with blessings". I sense that the current American leadership will end up isolating America and that the world will look for ways of moving ahead without needing to rely on them for economic prosperity and defense.
"It does not resemble the 600-step supply chains crisscrossing Asia for security reasons, but it does require resources, labor, and security at varying price points and stages of demographic maturity. " - Agreed, the problem seems to be that even in old established allies, America want's to enact regime change (judging by their recent speech at the Munich security council), it's difficult to tell who they see as a friend and how the will "reward them with blessings". I sense that the current American leadership will end up isolating America and that the world will look for ways of moving ahead without needing to rely on them for economic prosperity and defense.