I have doubts that enough Americans will ever seek to look out for the America first. The self-interest of 300+ million Americans leads them to act according to their own short term interests, satisfying their immeadiate needs and possibly wants. The modern American is morphing into an "on-demand" mentality. The more that catches on, the more this economy will depend on other countries to meet our specific demands.

Indeed, no one needs an economics degree to understand self-interest, or even basic economics. Self-interest seeks to maximize utility, and most people don 't see value in spending more time and money to seek out primarily American goods or services when similar products or choices from other countries are immediately available,