Trump Is Predatory, Not Isolationist

The fear that Trump would be a mere isolationist who pulls back into a giant Switzerland understates the problem; he has been actively predatory internationally—trying to grab Greenland and proposing that the US and Iran collect tolls on ships through the Strait of Hormuz—which legitimates predatory behavior and undermines America's standing as guarantor of the liberal order, including its freedom-of-navigation arguments against China.