I don't agree with your conclusions, but I feel you're arguing in good faith and therefore don't deserve down votes.
I'm not sure America actually has left a lot of money on the table. I see America having benefitted a lot from the post cold war world order (as indeed have most of its allies), and my take is that the kind of extraction of value that Trump has been attempting is at very best only beneficial in the short term.
But again, I appreciate when people with different viewpoints can discuss them civilly, so I gave you an upvote.
I'm not sure America actually has left a lot of money on the table. I see America having benefitted a lot from the post cold war world order (as indeed have most of its allies), and my take is that the kind of extraction of value that Trump has been attempting is at very best only beneficial in the short term.
But again, I appreciate when people with different viewpoints can discuss them civilly, so I gave you an upvote.