A Self-Repaying Empire: What Trump Is Doing to American Power. And What He Isn’t

What Trump is doing to the American empire and its power (regardless of his motives and awareness) can be compared with “muscle drying” practiced by athletes. Like an athlete, the empire will reenter the world stage in better shape, more muscular, with new ambitions. Looking at what is happening right now, no one―neither opponents of the American empire nor its advocates―should wring their hands or rejoice. They need to prepare and get ready.