I do agree that "separation" seems to be the "flavor of the year," at the moment. Our current President is not a politician, he's a businessman who's used to calling the shots and getting things his way. That might make him a good manager, but it makes him a dubious-- possibly even dangerous-- statesman. In a sense, he represents the "last gasp" of an older generation who still cling to "1950's values" and see that era as the American time of greatness.

Personally, that's not my vision of the world and the primary challenge becomes that the remainder of the world has gone in a different direction... and going backwards isn't going to recreate the past.