Within the days main as much as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a standard counterargument to the voices warning of Vladimir Putin’s potential subsequent steps permeated America’s political discourse from each the left and proper. The isolationist impulse is nothing new, together with “America First.”
Actuality Examine’s John Avlon speaks with former US Consultant Jane Harman concerning the historical past of isolationism – from WWII to Donald Trump to rhetoric heard from Tucker Carlson, Glenn Greenwald and J.D. Vance.