Trump-era nationalism reflects late-stage superpower decline, not resurgence, and represents a strategy of extracting maximum value from remaining US power and handing off the residue to future leaders rather than genuine renewal.
causalpending
Speaker
Ben RhodesEvidence Quote
“it's kind of like your late stage superpower and decline Vibe you know I mean this is not uh this is not like a strategy for re Resurgence it's kind of a strategy for squeezing as much out of the much juice as we can out of uh what remains um and then handing it off to someone else to deal with uh the residue [16:20]”
Source
Ben Rhodes: The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy— Weatherhead Center for International AffairsCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:39:48 AM
My Notes
Loading notes...