Gradually and then suddenly, as Hemingway had it,” said Peter Mulrean, a former United States ambassador to Haiti now living in France.
The world has watched.”As Simon Schama, the British historian, has observed, “When truth perishes so does freedom.” Mr. Trump, for whom truth did not exist, leaves a political stage where liberty is weakened.
An emboldened Russia and an assertive China are more strongly placed than ever to mock democracy and push agendas hostile to liberalism.
Toward China, Mr. Trump’s policy was so incoherent that Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader, was left appealing to Starbucks, which has thousands of stores in China, to improve strained U.S.-China relations.
Mr. Xi wrote last week to the company’s former chief executive, Howard Schultz, to “encourage him” to help with “the development of bilateral relations,” the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Persons:
Delattre, “, Hemingway, ”, Peter Mulrean, “ We’ve, Simon Schama, Mr, Trump, Xi, Howard Schultz
Organizations:
Capitol, French Foreign Ministry, U.S . Justice, for Disease Control, United, Starbucks, Xinhua
Locations:
France, Latin America, United States, Haiti, British, Russia, China, U.S