Interestingly competently cautious. Yes USAID, seen as a real American plus, maybe State Departments after Trump's will carry on it's humanitarian proud and very worthy record, with re-inclusion of support for minority groups current GOP conservatives have ideological hang-ups about.
"He says he's witnessing "something big" .. lol, no doubt about that.
The populist attack on excellence is a real shame.
What is happening in the U.S. is still far from the Cultural Revolution. It's maybe 1 or 2 percent. But you can sense that smell.
The populist sentiments … [that] common sense is good [and] sophisticated thoughts are something bad."
This is fair - "...As a scholar, I try to be neutral. I think there is something big happening in the U.S. It could be bad. It could be good.""
LOL Own goals. If it were a soccer match the score would be some 1-11? against the USA.
Or, considering all the allies Trump has soured a negative score much higher than that.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”