The Blob vs Trump! Great column by @stephenWalt, though I wonder how effective a check our foreign-policy mandarins would be even if they had _not_ systematically discredited themselves, given the worldview of Trump’s nativist basehttps://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/18/why-trump-is-getting-away-with-foreign-policy-insanity/ …
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Replying to @ChaseMadar @stephenWalt
Sounds a wee bit naive. Yes, the Blob could have done a lot better, but even if they had been perfect, the Trump base would ignore them, just as they ignore everything reeking of establishment, like scientists, historians, or domain experts of any kind.
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Replying to @SvantesKatt @stephenWalt
One feels that *legitimate* expertise (I.e. not Bill Kristol or Joe Biden) only makes some people angrier!
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