Jacob Bacharach

Paul Krugman in imperial fantasy land

Jacob Bacharach / January 17, 2020 / 5 min readSyndicated

In the aftermath of Soleimani’s assassination, Krugman rushed to assure his readers that Trump’s bullying violence represented a fundamental break with American history. While America once had “a special leadership position, one that sometimes involved playing a role in reshaping other countries’ political systems,” he argued, Trump “has never shown any sign of understanding why America used to be special.”

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