The American flag flies over the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Why America hasn’t become great again

Trump is the predictable result of the deteriorating economic conditions in the U.S. since the 1980s and the political machinations that brought those economic conditions about.

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