The Guardian (May 20)
“The balance of global power is shifting fast, but Britain is stuck in the same old Brexit rut. Without a reckoning about the epic strategic error of leaving the EU, there is no serious debate about the country’s future place in the world.” The nation’s “capacity to influence global events was diminished, not boosted, by leaving the EU….The road to control leads back to Europe.”
Tags: Balance, Boosted, Brexit rut, Britain, Control, Debate, Diminished, EU, Future, Global events, Global power, Influence, Reckoning, Shifting, Strategic error
Newsweek (March 29)
“As a master of misdirection, Donald Trump is exceedingly good at shifting our attention away from things that matter. With a single tweet, he can magically shift the news narrative in an entirely new direction….President Trump’s greatest rhetorical magic trick, however, has been to create the illusion that he won the Presidency of the United States without the aid of the Russian government.
Tags: Attention, Illusion, Magic trick, Misdirection, Presidency, Rhetorical, Russia, Shifting, Trump, Tweet, U.S.
