I'm of the opinion that it's the sale of arms that drives the global economy. Yeah... don't laugh..
America will always have yuge defence spending, even in peace, and have a necessity to make lots of A grade weapons, that need to be used or sold, or both. Even if they are not directly in the conflict, the commercial interests continue to drive the agenda, and its very hard for even a strong president with commendable ethics to sever the attachment.
I think America approaches this with a constitutional fortitude similar to the way every administration has kowtowed to the manufacturers, who corrupt them, to enshrine the second amendment and place it on an alter... that has for nearly two hundred years been founded on alternative facts. The whole context of the second amendment is insane in this age.
Destroy that, and its a new dawn.
Heavy shit.
Trump can destroy anything...