Mitch McConnell’s preemptive strike on GOP isolationism

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is launching a preemptive strike against the isolationists in his own party, warning of the “price of American retreat” in a new essay for Foreign Affairs.Why it matters: McConnell is putting Trump — and the entire Republican party — on notice that he plans to be an active combatant in the looming GOP civil war on foreign policy.”America will not be made great again by those who simply want to manage its decline,” McConnell writes in a 5,000-word piece posted this morning.”Trump would be wise to build his foreign policy on the enduring cornerstone of U.S…  » …