The distraction machine has no consistent underlying goal other than the distraction itself. It's Canada, Nigeria, Venezuela, Mexico, Portland, Los Angeles, Chicago. No SNAP, half a SNAP, destruction of the East Wing.
And the icing on the cake is this statement from 2018: [0]
> "Trump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world" BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18
> President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the “policemen of the world.”
> “We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
> “We’re spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldn’t be the priority ... "
[0] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385521-trump-we-...