neo-isolationist

Narcissus gazes at the evening news
to hear the well-coiffed talking heads dissect
his every utterance as if his views
on trade or immigrants deserve respect
the donors thought that we'd give Jeb a turn
as dummy posed on their corporate knee
like after Dubya we're too dumb to learn
the lessons of our recent history
the demagogue won't toe their party line
as if all academe were in cahoots
a futile tariffs arms-race chasing fines
not seen since we recanted Hawley-Smoot
protectionism's bitter lesson's spurned
and working fam'lies everywhere get burned