George W. Bush, Returning to Trump's Washington, Warns of ‘dangers of Isolationism'

WASHINGTON — Former President George W. Bush, in a rare return to the nation's capital, on Thursday warned of the "dangers of isolationism."The 43rd president made no reference to President Donald Trump or the current commander in chief's "America first" focus as he accepted a distinguished international leadership award from the Atlantic Council, a foreign policy think tank.But Bush didn't hesitate, either, in touting "America's indispensable role in the world.""One cannot rise to be in many ways the leading community in the civilized world without being involved in its problems, without being convulsed by its agonies and inspired by its causes," he said, quoting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.  Continue reading...