Hello Philco3, the post writer's comment right here is bang on the money:

"This nonsense about America relinquishing leadership and abandoning its allies is political spin that reads like something from an Internet poster malcontent."

I am a Canadian and I wrote much the same thing in my separate post on this board. It is stunning to me that so few are noticing the glaringly false premise upon which it is based, the Ottawa Minister's proclamation.