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It depends, are you trying to say a head of state is better than an American citizen? Does not every man have equal intrinsic worth? Are you trying to imply that some foreign underling ought to have power to summon a sovereign American at his beck and call?

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Your sovereignty ends at your border. If you want to operate a business in someone else’s country, you have to be prepared to answer to their government. If that government doesn’t like you — even if the reason is dumb — their sovereignty allows them to stop your business from doing business in their country.

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