With fewer friends the super power ends up simply being a power. A more volatile world.
Brilliant minds thought up the Marshall plan. It secured the world. Nothing less! The world.
Did it come with a price? Yes. But what the protectionist do not get today as they dismantle the system is that is might actually have been cheaper than the alternative while remaining the leader.
Those who think that governments should be run as a business are delusional. They think we buy F35 because they are the best. The sales proves it! They will never realize that SAAB had better and more fitting options for us. They will never understand that we did pay some protection money. It is not a simple Luca Brasi situation. It is more subtle.
Ou friend is gone so we will try to do that. We have to. Now you understand that might not actually be to your advantage.