TIME Magazine Asia February 5, 2018 Back Issue

AMERICA ALONE
For one, there is the unrivaled U.S. military. For another, there is the U.S. economy, still larger than any other. But then there’s the U.S. President, who
in the name of making the country great again has renounced the global architecture that the U.S. designed, championed and dominated for generations. It’s the very international system that did so much to cement American greatness in the first place. Pulling out of itwon’t be easy—kind of like playing Jenga wearing mittens—if it’s possible at all. But Donald Trump has gone about trying with brio.