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The world cares about American action, not tweets

By Tom Rogan

Published August 12, 2019 9:34pm ET

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The world cares about American action, not tweets — President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, in the afternoon to praise first responders and console family members and survivors from two recent mass shootings. | (Andrew Harnik/AP)

President Trump is broadly unpopular around the world. But I’m sorry, Nick Paton Walsh, the global popularity of a president doesn’t matter all that much.

What matters is not whether a president is popular, but whether a president advances critical American and human interests. Peace, security, economic prosperity, these things matter. They make lives better, freer, safer, and thus more amenable to the pursuit of happiness.

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