Disturbing scenes emanating from detention centers along the southern U.S. border have underscored the Trump administration’s indifference to the suffering of strangers, even young children. Unfortunately, the current U.S. administration is far from alone in scorning those seeking refuge in foreign lands.

President Donald Trump views foreign policy through the narrow lens of economic self-interest, reducing American power and influence to a question of whether the U.S. is getting a “good deal.” The latest examples are his erratic Iran policy, and the underwhelming rollout of his clumsy Palestinian peace plan.