Out of My Mind: Who Will Lead? Rudderless ships of State in Stormy Seas - Fullerton Observer

If Trump is in charge, America isn’t.

What a time to be alive in Trump’s America—a once-mighty empire now slumping around like a belligerent drunk at the geopolitical bar, waving its nukes and screaming about “America First” while its former friends quietly edge away. The latest proof that the U.S. is no longer the adult in the intelligence-sharing room? The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are now discussing the creation of a Four Eyes intelligence-sharing allianc…

Out of My Mind: Who Will Lead? Rudderless ships of State in Stormy Seas - Fullerton Observer

There is a clear crisis of leadership in the West. When we look around our nation (the USA) and our world (the only one we have), we can easily determine who leads the right-wing and authoritarian movements. Liberal leadership is harder to find. What nation leads the Free World? Up until a month ago, the answer would have been the United States. We had the power and prestige. We had earned our place by protecting the “Free World,” with both mili…