As America grapples with its place in the world, there are lessons to be drawn from Britain.

Sourced through Scoop.it from: carnegieeurope.eu

"The Sanders and Trump candidacies are electoral spasms of the U.S. body politic as it adjusts to America’s reduced power and respect in the world. The rebels do not have convincing answers to the challenges before their country. Trump’s slogan, ‘Make America Great Again,’ should be read not as a triumphant declaration of the return of U.S. prestige but as a sign of America’s refusal to face the fact that its former place as the world’s sole superpower is gone and isn’t coming back."

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