Why is it 'idiotic' to put your own nations interest first?  If it benefits America it actually ends up  benefiting the world.  Putting America under some European 'accord'  is a return to the days when America was a  one of many European colonies.  I for one do not want the benevolent dictatorship "old" Europe has to offer. We've all seen in the last century where that all leads. Fascism seems tailor made for Europe, not America!