US exceptionalism is the ability to ignore/repress/buy off critics, remaining the exception to all other rogue nations bc the US was the most powerful. Schmitt at scale. The key was to pretend like it was with the best intentions, so everyone else could participate in the lie.
So that's over
Trump, winning.
Politico's Morning Money:
Bank of America’s regular survey of fund managers reported its second-largest decline in global growth expectations as investors weigh the risks of stagflation, a trade war and “the end of US exceptionalism.”
Yeah, but Trump thought he'd be enhancing American exceptionalism rather than ending it.
Mar 25, 2025 15:33Joke’s on him! Turns out you need your peer nations to believe you when you say “when we do this, it’s good; no one else try it, though.”
I don’t think Trump believes his lines, though. He doesn’t care about the country. I think he thinks it’s a means to an end, his own valorization.
