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The End of U.S. Soft Power?

Donald Trump’s second term has been something of a mixed bag with some very bad foreign policy moves and a ridiculous and cynical crackdown on anti-Israel dissenters. But it has also featured an incredible war against some of the worst aspects of permanent government. I previously wrote about “Fighting the Middle State,” and at least […]

Donald Trump’s second term has been something of a mixed bag with some very bad foreign policy moves and a ridiculous and cynical crackdown on anti-Israel dissenters. But it has also featured an incredible war against some of the worst aspects of permanent government.

Ipreviouslywroteabout“FightingtheMiddleState,”andatleastonthatcountTrumphasnotdisappointed.HehaslefttheDemocratsshowingslavishdevotiontothefederalbureaucracyandthe“NGO”sectorwhichemploysaveritablearmyoftheuselessandover-educated.Mostnotably,theTrumpadministrationisdoingitsbesttoendtheUnitedStatesAgencyforInternationalDevelopment(USAID)andtheNationalEndowmentforDemocracy(NED)andhasalsotriedtoshutdowntheVoiceofAmericapropagandanetwork—thoughateverysteptheFederal