By Michael J. BrennerDoes criticizing and downplaying other nations help Americans feel better about themselves?Americans are struggling to draw into focus their exalted image of themselves and reality. They are not doing a very good job of it. The gap is wide and growing — and it is this very gap that Donald Trump seeks to exploit for his personal political gain.
Trump understands that Americans feel powerless in good measure because of what has been happening beyond the country’s shores, and over which the United States lacks the means to exercise decisive influence.
Our collective response has been one of …read more
Source: The Globalist
