Why US Exceptionalism and the Export of Crassness Are Losing Shallow Appeal

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We Didn’t Expect This’: Vatican Visitors Share Their Hopes For First American Pope

Visitors from around the globe expressed optimism the new American pope will prove to be a positive change, though they are holding out to see what he will do.

‘We Didn’t Expect This’: Vatican Visitors Share Their Hopes for First American Pope

(DCNF)—In Saint Peter’s Square, visitors from around the globe expressed optimism the new American pope will prove to be a positive change, though they are holding out to see what he will do. The initial impression of many tourists, who are anxious about the state of the world between policy shifts brought by Donald Trump’s presidency, the Russia and Ukraine war and Europe’s immigration crisis, is that Pope Leo XIV comes across as “down to earth…

Why US exceptionalism and the export of crassness are losing shallow appeal

America’s inevitable decline proves that nations thrive by prioritising their needs and working with others, not seeking economic dominance.