Thank you all for stating the ridiculousness of Maes' position in a coherent and polite way.
I really don't understand how a person could think that the U.S. "gives up sovereignty" when it joins an international delegation, to help solve a pressing world issue like sustainable resources. G-d forbid we *collaborate.* Why are people so afraid that we might *gasp* become a little more like the rest of the world?
Yea, xenophobia is a good word.
Like I said before, there's a reason I live where I live...