the president succeeds. i felt bemused thinking they were over the top gaffes. now i m genuinely concerned. two things popped up. one is this naked nationalism that it s now us against them. as richard ho is ss says, three ways countries lose their ability to influence the world and power, one of which is an did y abdicating and this phony pop limp. the waugh in which the only reason you have a problem is because of the other. because of that immigrant, the minority or somebody else doing something to you. the president has spent the entire time he s been in office trying to divide the country instead of trying to unite the