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February 4, 2020, was a depressing date for non-American observers of American politics. While President Donald Trump eloquently trumpeted the virtues of American exceptionalism and American empire in his State of the Union address, backed by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s warm applause for Venezuelan pretender Juan Guaidó, the face of the Monroe Doctrine, the […]
