Anderson wrote during the war Talmadge became a ātotal cultural isolationistā, a man who saw the world outside of the United States as a dangerous, menacing place and believed increasing American involvement with the world beyond would destroy everything that he held sacred. Eugene Talmadge - Wikipedia
You donāt see the irony in calling a Mandarin speaking permanent resident of Taiwan who owns a home and business in Japan a ātotal cultural isolationistā who sees the world as a dangerous, menacing place?
More like one who learned the lesson of Viet Nam which is that the best decision the U.S. ever made there was to just holster its military industrial messiah complex and go home.