The U.S. has struggled to deal with the pandemic at home and offered little or no leadership abroad. That's re-ignited the debate over 'American exceptionalism' — and whether that time has passed.
, the president of the Eurasia Group, a consulting firm, said when he traveled to the Soviet Union as a college student in the 1980s, he was struck by how much ordinary citizens admired American values and its global leadership.
Many critics of U.S. foreign policy would welcome an end to the outsized U.S. role in global affairs. Those critics include both foreign rivals and many U.S. citizens, said Bremmer. "The idea that Trump is somehow responsible for this is ludicrous," said Bremmer."It allows you to believe that if you just get rid of Trump then American exceptionalism will return. And no, the reason that Trump became elected is because large swaths of the American population were so disillusioned.", an international relations professor at Harvard, said it's important to distinguish where U.S.
From afar, many have wondered why the U.S., with its all its wealth, resources and scientific prowess face such struggles in dealing with the virus. With more than 1 million confirmed cases and more than 60,000 deaths, the U.S. has been hit harder than any other country.
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