The United States has never been a great international trader. It found most of its raw materials and customers for f...

I've read the other chains, but I'm still confused by how we are supposed to take the opening lines of this stimulus as "historical fact"... "The United States has never been a great international trader. It found most of its raw materials and customers for finished products within its own borders." The phrase "never been great" implies an opinion, not a fact. There is no support given for either of the statements, and while I do know we are to take the information given as TRUE, it does not follow here that we are to additionally assume this author has drawn those statements from "historical facts". Despite knowing this information is flat-out incorrect from a factual standpoint in the real world, it also does not contain the correct phrasing or terminology to be conclusively deemed a "historical fact"... If we are reading into the passage that much, wouldn't the line "this country now owes the largest foreign debt in the world and is a playground for wealthy foreign investors" imply some type of corrupt (therefore unethical) behavior? I see from the answer key this question is from an LSAT administered in 1991, so it may be a moot point because the style of question writing has changed since then, but can you please let me know how answer E makes more sense than B?