American foreign policy under Trump is not isolationist. On the contrary, MAGA ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve the interests of American crypto, mineral and tech companies, especially if they have links to the president. They think of themselves as "the vanguard of a movement that will alter not just America, but the world."
Read "Empire of Grift", my Atlantic cover story, here (gift link)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/10/maga-foreign-policy/688352/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3w3onHNSnF53FTCE5KWWZBg