US-EU Imperialism on the Back Foot

Average voters do not primarily cast ballots for abstract strategic outcomes or distant conflicts; they vote to keep the lights on and the rent paid.

There was a massive disconnect between what Trump was telling Americans on their television screens and what they were experiencing in their everyday lives.

[T]he strength of American institutions is measured ... by their capacity to apply the same rules regardless of party affiliation, background or relationship with the president.