I disagree with President Trump’s trade war ambitions, his public insults of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and his call for Russia to be readmitted to the G-7. But it is ludicrous to claim that Trump is shredding the Western liberal order.

Of course, that’s exactly the impression you’ll get if you listen to most Western foreign policy analysts. They’re claiming that Trump is fraying the functional fabric of the Western alliance by insulting allies and rejecting the communique from last weekend’s G-7 summit.

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