This new world is terrifying. It has become an alliance of many of the world's thug leaders (they like to see themselves as strongmen). Putin helps install his puppy, Trump, who is enthralled  with the murderer in the Philippines. When you include the shadow world government of the multi-billionaire oil thugs, then we are just screwed.
If they want a restriction of oil on the world market, we will be fighting Iran. Then their oil is worth two times more. If they need a boost in the American military industrial complex, we will be in a major shooting war with China. Then their stocks are worth more.
We don't matter. George Carlin had it right in his comedy routines, especially in the last few he did. He said we only know what "they" want us to know. But I should stop, I don't want to be accused of being a conspiracy nut, a wacko who thinks the Russians are hacking our government into the ground and the FBI is in Putin's pocket. 
How crazy would that be?
Hugh Massengill, Eugene