Donald Trump’s blatant campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize has a new claim for his resume – his “diplomacy” is contributing to a new world order.

Unfortunately, it is a world order that not only lacks a place for the US, but actively excludes the US. This world order is contributing to the burgeoning ties between Russia and China, which are without precedent, as well as among China, India, North Korea and Russia. US relations with each of them are in decline. Relations between the US and India are the most recent victim in the formation of the new world order.

The US had been the key to understanding the world order created at the end of World War II. For the first time in 80 years, the US is on the outside looking in, not only in Europe, but in the Indo-Pacific as well. Washington’s decline can be perceived in terms of power, influence, credibility and standing. For the first time in 80 years, the US lacks an influential national security team that can work closely with a president who has peculiar ideas about policy and process. The fact that Marco Rubio serves as both secretary of state and acting national security adviser (and has very limited influence in either capacity) speaks to the problem. As a result, Rubio has thrown his powers into limiting visas for foreigners, particularly for foreign students, a key factor in US isolation.

Trump has gone out of his way to isolate the US in the global community. His........

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