FROMA HARROP: Trump Leads America Boldly Into Decline

Froma Harrop: Trump leads America boldly into decline

Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation -- all these negatives helped bring down the once-mighty Roman Empire. But Rome needed centuries of bad leadership to collapse. Donald Trump seems to be undoing American greatness at warp speed. Sure, the United States possesses strengths that will maintain an aura of power for some time to come. But Trump has turbocharged the kind of destructive governance that could undo us…

FROMA HARROP: Trump leads America boldly into decline

Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation — all these negatives helped bring down the once-mighty Roman Empire. But Rome needed centuries of bad leadership to collapse.

Froma Harrop: Trump is leading America boldly Into decline

Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation — all these negatives helped bring down the once-mighty Roman Empire. But Rome needed centuries of bad leadership to collapse.

Donald Trump: Architect of America’s Strategic Decline

By: Salman Rafi SheikhIt’s all yours. Photo by Alex Wong, Getty ImagesThe 2025 US National Security Strategy released on December 4 by the White House is not just a policy document; it is Donald Trump’s blueprint for reshaping America permanently in his image. In blunt terms, it declares that “American strategies since the end of the Cold War have falle…