You either underestimate or simply don't care about the impacts that the US, and US companies have on other countries. You want him to focus on issues closer to home but how much is close enough? Country?, state?, city?, neighborhood?, household? Have you ever looked into the companies responsible for the exploitation of the Amazon, how many of them are US companies or those funded by US capital? Or do you just not care because those countries are non of your business and ....America first?