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Shaun Narine, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, St. Thomas University (Canada)

Is Donald Trump doing the world a favour by isolating the United States?

United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs against most of the world tanked stock markets, disrupted the U.S. bond market and destabilized the global economy.

Trump has economically and politically threatened American allies, shattering the unity of the western world. But Trump’s chaos may have inadvertently produced an opportunity to create a better world.

Some western commentators argue that the U.S. has been a benevolent superpower.

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