NO TRADE?..WTF? There was MORE trade going than ever with more raw material imports needed for war production, food to keep Britain and other Allied nations fed, Lend Lease aid and then our own forces needing to be supplied. HOW IN THE FUCK CAN YOU SAY THERE WAS NO TRADE DURING WWII? ALMOST ALL TRADE TO SUPPORT THE WAR EFFORT BUT IT WAS STILL TRADE AND THE USA WAS CARRYING 85% OF IT GLOBALLY BY THE END OF THE WAR AND THE YEARS IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS! IT WAS US VESSELS THAT FED A STARVING POPULATION IN WESTERN EUROPE IN 1947/48 AND CARRIED THE CARGOES TO REBUILD ITS FLATTENED CITIES UNDER THE MARSHALL PLAN.
AND EFF YOU TOO
JUST DON’T GO SAYING WE NEVER HAD IT BECAUSE WE DID ONLY WE DIDN’T KEEP IT