Michael Carpenter @mikercarpenter · 17 Aug 2026
The pattern is by now well established. Curry favor with adversaries and downgrade relations with allies. When policy intellectuals in the administration denigrate “values” (democracy, freedom) and talk up their own “interests-based” approach, the question is: whose interests?
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