The caliber of Western leadership generally at this fraught moment is ... underwhelming.
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May: Promising but untried. Hollande: Finished. Merkel: Capable but basically responsible for the entire mess.
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The PM of Canada: An affable male model. The Pope: Embroiled in a civil war of his own making. The PM of Italy: So new I had to Google him.
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Poland + Hungary run by right-populists whom other Western elites despise and fear. UN Secretary General has been in office for 3 months.
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All this, when the President of the United States is Donald Trump.
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