By clinging to American primacy through force and intimidation, Donald Trump is, ironically, undermining US global power. A saboteur trying to subvert US interests from the inside could hardly do better than what he’s accomplished through sheer incompetence.
it doesn’t take much intelligence to destroy things under you over the course of 4-8 years. He’s very obviously incompetent because he’s doing this on purpose.
“A bull in a China shop” is a comparison I often use.
It’s fast and easy to break things. Any idiot can swing a sledge hammer at random stuff they don’t understand.
Fixing and building takes a lot longer. Also takes a lot more knowledge, skill and expense.