TOM EATON: US back as bartender in saloon where foreigners are liable to be shot
The US’s story until World War 2 had, bar some high jinks south of the border, been inward-looking
For the past two weeks scores of opeds and political analyses have insisted that the US has lost its mind; that it has slipped into a kind of mania that has changed it into something completely alien to itself and unrecognisable to us. Well, yes and no. Of course, I concede that the speed at which Donald Trump’s handlers have moved has been dazzling and has definitely upended many preconceptions.
For instance, I was taught by Hollywood that should rights ever start being rolled back in the US, liberals would spring into action. Now I know that when neofeudalism comes knocking on the door the party of Roosevelt and Kennedy simply sighs, makes sure its portfolio is tech-heavy, and goes back to trying to find ways to keep Benjamin Netanyahu out of jail. ..
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