During the Cold war, America needed friends. During the Cuban missile crisis, America needed friends. And when President Bush declared the “War on terror,” he famously said, you are either with us or them–dividing the world into two—America needed friends. The United States might be a mighty superpower, she isn’t invincible. In world politics, scenarios change fast, tables turn in the blink of an eye, empires fall, nations rise from the dust. Trump should have had been just and played the part of a more mature statesperson, rather than humiliating a guest in public. Even in private, gloves don’t come off like they did in the Oval Office, let alone in front of the world media. In fact, Trump said, “This is going to be great television.” Coming from the “most powerful man” on earth, this is deplorable, to say the least.