Moreover, in truth, this matter is already about nation-states. Then governments will have to live with and by their choices. Some are going to end up against us because they can't or won't make a convincing demonstration to the contrary. Then we are going to have to do for ourselves what they won't help us with, possibly against their resistance. Friends stand with us.
Friends do whatever they can to help.
Friends don't, for example, engage in commerce with enemies, otherwise they aren't friends. Many governments want something from the United States. Perhaps they want better relations with us because they fear a regional power on the rise near them. Maybe their economies need development assistance. Maybe they would like to be a part of an enlarged free trade bloc.