William J Burns, senior amerikansk diplomat som idag är chef fölr Carneige Fourndation i USA skriver i Foreign Affairs om ”the lost art of American diplomacy” och riktar en helt säker fruktlös vädjan till president Trump och dennes administration att återupprätta amerikansk diplomati:
Trump’s “America first” sloganeering stirred a nasty brew of unilateralism, mercantilism, and unreconstructed nationalism. In just two years, his administration has diminished the United States’ influence, hollowed out the power of its ideas, and deepened divisions among its people about the country’s global role.