"J Brooks Spector", terrible article. What qualifies you to be so smug?
Do the numbers for the USA: National Debt 19.9 trillion USD, Federal unfunded liabilities >127 trillion USD. The US can't afford things like the Paris Climate Accord. And why is China, the world's biggest exporter, given a free pass until 2030? How is that fair?
The only way the US is going to fix its problems is by fixing its economy, and that is what Trump and his advisers are trying to do.