The contrast between Bush and Trump?
I found an interesting article about the Bush legacy (centred around facilitating a soft landing for the Cold War) and what has come after.
Essentially, the argument goes that the post-war architecture served us very well during the cold war, but needed updating after it. Instead, much of the western leadership has been clinging to the vestiges of those institutions, rather than revising, reinventing or reinvigorating them.
Trump, although from the same generation of Bush, is oblivious to the origin or purpose of post-war institutions. That gives him the freedom to question them, which is good and long overdue.
On the other hand, he's so dumb, he can't ask the right questions, or provide useful answers. Which is bad.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/george-bush-and-our-world-order/
Essentially, the argument goes that the post-war architecture served us very well during the cold war, but needed updating after it. Instead, much of the western leadership has been clinging to the vestiges of those institutions, rather than revising, reinventing or reinvigorating them.
Trump, although from the same generation of Bush, is oblivious to the origin or purpose of post-war institutions. That gives him the freedom to question them, which is good and long overdue.
On the other hand, he's so dumb, he can't ask the right questions, or provide useful answers. Which is bad.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/george-bush-and-our-world-order/
