"For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the future relationship of America to the world is not fully settled."

— Henry Kissinger, in an interview with the Atlantic magazine in its December issue.

Donald Trump is an avowed economic nationalist. He promises to put American interests "first" in fashioning trade policy and negotiations. If he fulfills these pledges — and the evidence so far suggests he will — he will redefine America's global role in a fundamentally deceptive and destructive way.