Right now, sitting in Europe, wishing that Brussels was just ever so slightly more functional, you look out into the world and see how everyone else is doing, and you're reminded that things isn't actually that bad.

"simultaneously destroying its international position"

US has been doing the same thing for last 200 years and you act like its been different ???

oh, is that because you dnt get benefit as opposed to instability that US cause like middle east, south america, africa and asia ????