Nearly every country in the world declared they stood with the United States in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

Since then, the alliances forged in tragedy have been fractured.

Trump's transaction diplomacy and belief in stiff tariffs have accelerated some global trends already underway.

It is Donald Trump's world now, and it is a lonelier place.

Twenty-four years ago, the first foreign leader to reach out to President George W. Bush in the wake of the catastrophic 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington was the new Russian president, Vladimir Putin , offering condolences and help. The NATO alliance invoked Article 5 for the first time, calling it an attack on them all.

Nearly every country in the world, from Argentina to the former Yugoslavia, declared that it stood wit

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