""That's not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality-judiciously, as you will-we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.""
"But things are all looking pretty grim, aren't they? The world is not appreciably more peaceful than it was on January 20; the United States is not appreciably more prosperous. The Trump administration has only limited responsibility for this. The grandiose peace agenda always depended on third parties that are at war not because they're bored but because they feel there are matters of national interest at stake; the appalling state of the fisc and the ongoing economic dysfunctions are a legacy of the Covid era."
The United States is described as an empire that creates realities through action, leaving others to study consequences. Personal disposition favors pragmatic acceptance despite human affairs being often foolish. Global conditions remain grim with no clear gains in peace or prosperity since January 20. The Trump administration bears limited responsibility because peace depended on third parties with separate national interests, while fiscal weakness and continuing economic dysfunctions trace to the Covid era. Donald Trump returned with a weak hand that limited any administration's options. Political constraints made major legislation awkward, producing a flawed but perhaps pragmatically best viable bill, and early months lacked a sharp deregulation offset to protectionist costs.
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