Like few American politicians, President Trump grasps the precariousness of the nation’s present circumstances. Washington’s post-Cold War ambition to democratize the world yielded a series of futile regional wars that, in turn, eroded civil liberties and brought the country to the brink of a direct armed conflict with Russia. Contrary to expectations, the enthusiasm for a globalized, borderless world hollowed out the US middle class, while catapulting a backward China into manufacturing dominance and peer-military status.
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