The Realist: Americas Purpose.

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  • Author(s): Heilbrunn, Jacob
  • Source:
    National Interest. Jan/Feb2021, Issue 171, p5-7. 3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      JEFFERSON, Thomas, 1743-1826; REVOLUTIONARIES; BIDEN, Joe, 1942-; IRAQ War, 2003-2011; TRUMP, Donald, 1946-; EXECUTIVE orders; EMIGRATION & immigration
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on American republic's enthusiasm for egalitarian and anti-monarchical sentiments that regularly vexed European leaders. Topics discussed include former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson assisted French revolutionaries in drawing up the Declaration of the Rights of Man; need to do more revive this vision of America as an exceptional nation than President-elect Joe Biden and Iraq War, which U.S. President Donald Trump alone among the Republican candidates. It mentions new president can and should use executive orders to reverse numerous Trump policies dealing with the environment, the financial sector, and immigration.