The United States has been behaving like a rogue state since the election of President Donald Trump. Empire-building through might was the norm until World War II established a single power as the world industrial and economic hegemon with a military to match. The US was untouched by World War II apart from the raid on Pearl Harbor in 1941 that dragged it into the conflict despite its reluctance. World War I was the beginning of the US’s march to world hegemon. Then World War II firmly established its status.