Restoring Deterrence

Lucianne.com links to a Financial Times article by Gideon Rachman. His thesis is that President Trump is trying to make the United States “scary” again, unlike our two prior presidents. My favorite quote:

Mr. Trump’s goal to “make America great again” also involves making America scary again — or, in Washington-speak, “restoring deterrence”.

Outstanding ... why should we let all sorts of pipsqueak countries walk on us? Rachman actually does a relatively good job of describing how and why the U.S. can get away with muscling others. He does this even though as a Brit he isn’t at all fond of a U.S. that acts like a superpower.