It's Not About 'Leading the World,' It's About Winning for America
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The Economic Nationalist Perspective - Post 4 of 4.
a response to "I Applaud President Trump's Reassertion of US Obligations to Lead the World", a blog post by Cassandra Williamson, dated 19 Aug 2025
The recent blog post about the President's foreign policy uses fancy terms like "hegemonic global power" and "obligations to the world," but that intellectual framing misses the simple, powerful truth of what's happening. The American people don't care about being the "hegemon." They care about jobs, secure borders, and not getting ripped off.
For decades, "global leadership" was code for a raw deal. It meant our leaders made trade agreements that sent our factories to Mexico and China. It meant we paid to defend wealthy European countries that spent their own money on social programs. It meant we sent our sons and daughters to fight and die in faraway deserts to solve problems that were not our own.
President Trump understands this. His goal isn't some academic theory about "global stability." His goal is to win for America. When he tears up an old trade deal, it's not about re-shaping global commerce; it's about bringing a factory back to Ohio. When he demands our allies pay up, it's not about recalibrating security burdens; it's about saving taxpayer money that can be used to rebuild our own country.
The original author is right that this is "America First," but let's not pretend it's for the world's benefit. This is about correcting decades of bad deals where the American worker finished last. If that makes the world more stable, fine. But that's a side effect. The main goal is, and should be, the prosperity and security of the American people, full stop.
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