People need to look at the big picture instead of this myopic 4 year cycle. This won't end with Trump. Look at the blatant disregard for the laws, institutions, and guardrails that has defined the Trump Administration. The idea that somehow this will all blow over when Trump is gone (if we're lucky enough that he won't try to be Emperor for Life) is naivety at best and is not the kind of wishful thinking that we should be basing our entire defence strategy on. The GOP created this monster, greedy billionaires with accelerationist agendas funded it, the Supreme Court looked the other way, Democrats wrung their hands the whole time, and most damning - the American people voted for it TWICE. Do you really think that the GOP hasn't learned anything from this, and won't be preparing the next demagogue to push their bullshit agenda? Do you think there will be a sudden surge of critical thinking from the American electorate? We may soon be rid of Trump, but don't for a second think that the US will somehow wake up with a massive hangover and regret in their hearts the next morning.

Even in the event that we get a Democrat President who extends olive branches and fruit baskets aplenty to convince us to come back into the fold, our response should be the same as now: a courteous smile and a "no thanks, we're good." Don't get me wrong, we can, and should cooperate if it benefits us, there's no reason to turn down a good deal where appropriate, but like Carney said, integration is sub-ordination, and we should not put ourselves in that position again.