"According to the U.N. Refugee Agency, there are 65.6 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, the highest levels of displacement on record. The U.S. has been the mainstay of an international system ... that responds to these kinds of crisis, Robinson said. At a time when that system is in desperate need of support, we appear at least to be drawing back from it. That's the wrong message and exactly the wrong time to give it."

Considering the fact that the largest migrations are happening among people in the Middle East because of George W. Bush's folly in Iraq, it is more than embarrassing that the U.S., after being the prime instigator of the havoc that displaced millions of people, now wants to wash its hands of the whole mess we created and just walk away from it all. But then, since Trump has a long history of walking away from his fiduciary responsibilities by declaring bankruptcy and failing to pay people to whom he owes money, this kind of posture is hardly surprising.