Posted on 05/30/2018 2:45:45 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Riding in a motorcade in Lima, Peru, shortly after the 2016 election, President Barack Obama was struggling to understand Donald J. Trumps victory.
What if we were wrong? he asked aides riding with him in the armored presidential limousine.
He had read a column asserting that liberals had forgotten how important identity was to people and had promoted an empty cosmopolitan globalism that made many feel left behind. Maybe we pushed too far, Mr. Obama said. Maybe people just want to fall back into their tribe.
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Mr. Rhodes describes the reaction of foreign leaders. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan apologized for breaching protocol by meeting with Mr. Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan after the election. Mr. Obama urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada to take on a more vocal role defending the values they shared.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany told Mr. Obama that she felt more obliged to run for another term because of Mr. Trumps election to defend the liberal international order. When they parted for the final time, Ms. Merkel had a single tear in her eye. Shes all alone, Mr. Obama noted.
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Naaahhh
-PJ
Maybe we pushed too far, Mr. Obama said. Maybe people just want to fall back into their tribe.
What a colossal narcissist. I, i, i, me, me, me, i, i, i, me, me, me...
Maybe people just want to fall back into their tribe.
mfer, it was a country before you got a hold of it and turned it tribal. and no, we don’t want your global socialism.
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