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 Here's your summary from The Dangers of US Isolationism in a Second Trump Term (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUUOTjD3mgQ) on the Bloomberg Television channel:
**TLDR:** The dangers of US isolationism in a second Trump term include cracking the global economy, weakening relationships with other countries, and risking democracy and freedom.

1. Walking away from global alliances and building tariff barriers in the late twenties led to a cracked global economy and fascism.
2. Trying to isolate the US geopolitically will strain economic relationships and allow other countries like Russia and China to operate freely.
3. Isolating the US could lead to the erosion of democracy, liberty, and freedom, as well as engender divisiveness domestically, weakening the country's position abroad.
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