Is it possible for the u. s. to not only stay out of european affairs, but also the affairs of all other countries today? explain and defend your opinion. (do not focus your answer on trade.)

It is not possible for the US to stay out of European affairs, but also the affairs of all other countries today.

Explanation:

The United States of America is a hegemonic power that has to exhibit influence on its geopolitical spheres of interest if it is to keep the status of hegemonic power, and keep political, social and economic advantages that come with it.

The US along with the European Union has been the flagship in the promotion of Western values and the way of life in the 20th century. The beginning of the 21st century is marked by the rise of Eastern hegemonic powers, like China and Russia. US can not retrieve to complete isolationism if it does not want to experience the extensive interference of such powers into US geopolitical spheres of interest (for example, Ukraine).

small european communities with shared traditions consolidated into large new states (apex)

the vast majority of ballots have been counted nearly two weeks after one of the biggest political upsets in modern u.s. history catapulted donald trump to the presidency.

estimates show more than 58 percent of eligible voters went to the polls during the 2016 election, nearly breaking even with the turnout rate set during the last presidential election in 2012, even as the final tallies in states like california continue to be calculated, according to statistics collected by the u.s. elections project.

but among those figures were stark contrasts in key states that swing the election to trump — in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, michigan and elsewhere — indicating the president-elect’s leap from long-shot candidate to the most powerful political position in the world may have happened in part because of apathy toward hillary clinton’s candidacy, especially among the democratic base, several political scientists and organizations monitoring voter turnout told the pbs newshour.

while clinton is leading the popular vote by more than 1.5 million over trump as of sunday, she trails president obama’s 2012 totals by more than 2 million ballots — a chasm that may have cost her the election, said david becker, co-founder of the center for election and innovation and research.

“several million voters didn’t come out to vote,” becker said. “which is telling me that this idea of the trump wave, a huge number of voters shifting over to trump, is certainly not the story.”