Donald Trump’s bullying of allies and fallacious arguments have put the US on a collision course with disaster, winning only rare plaudits, notably from the likes of Vladimir Putin. The rest of the world is reorienting itself away from the United States, making an orderly dash for the life rafts that will carry them to dry land together.
PRINCETON – Recent political developments in the United States have revealed a fundamental American weakness. Following President Donald Trump’s threats against Greenland (which he walked back in Davos), US Vice President JD Vance inadvertently conceded a hard truth during an appearance at an industrial shipping facility in Toledo, Ohio. Touting a supposed “great American comeback,” he blamed former President Joe Biden’s administration for a burgeoning affordability crisis and then blurted out, “You don’t turn the Titanic around overnight.”
