Speak softly, and carry a big stick...and don't be afraid to swing it!

As a nation, the US has been safe and successful with a policy of open disdain toward Fascism, Socialism, Communism and a host of other "ism's" followed elsewhere; while privately being willing to discuss matters of mutual interest and separate concerns - but never willing to "turn the other cheek" or accept bully threats from anyone - no matter how large or small.

The danger today is an administration where the bulwark of the leadership has never had to smell the cordite or dealt firsthand with those who place little worth on the lives of its citizenry/subjects. What compounds the danger is if the administration - with an semi-socialist agenda - sees existing socialist regimes as something of minor envy and honorable in negotiations.

Foreign policy - at this time in America's history and economic state - needs to be exceptionally protectionist and not willing to subsidize the world at domestic expense.

Countries which have built their economies based on continuous US-paid financial aid need to be weaned from this dependency.

Confederations - such as the European Union - need to be recognized as economic competition while simultaneously being militarily dependent on US support, and that dependency needs to be leveraged for economic concessions.

Nations such as China, Russia, Venezuela, several African states and left-leaning Asian and European nations need to be recognized as the future opponents to American sovereignty. Arrogance that the US will live forever is more dangerous than these future opponents, especially when they don't have any compunction to ally temporarily to acquire the US - the same way so many other nations have been acquired in the past. We are only invincible when we don't let ourselves become vulnerable

SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA - The U.S.' long-term future is best served by paying more attention to this hemisphere and less to Europe and Asia. We have natural land bridge to the south, they have the resources and the population to provide them, and the demographics of the US are shifting from European-based to this-hemisphere-based. It's to everyone's advantage to be hemisphere-selective.