Good News and Badin U.S. Diplomacy

[T]he U.S. government itself is a major supplier to the cartels that the White House claims to be pursuing with all its might.

When political legitimacy becomes contingent on recognition by a superpower, populations lose their right to self-determination and democracy becomes a selective tool.

The Washington Post Guild, the staff union, questioned Bezos' commitment, saying that if he is no longer willing to invest in its mission, the institution needs a steward who understands it.

[R]epublican democracy in America proved easier to attain but more superficial and fragile.

Trump claims that it was due to America's generosity and protection that other countries benefited and raised their living standards, while the United States itself gained nothing.