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As nations increasingly retreat into nationalistic viewpoints, critical global issues like public health, environmental stewardship, and technological ethics fall by the wayside. The decline in focus on universal values hampers the progress made over the last century, wherein governments began spending more on healthcare than military ventures.
Such historical achievements hinge on cooperation and mutual understanding—tenets that could be undermined by unilateral policies prioritizing national interests. Trump’s administration, likewise, reveals a troubling indifference to existential threats posed by ecological degradation and uncontrolled technological advancement.