Where have all the leaders gone? - by Julian Macfarlane

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Putin and Xi or statesmen-- and, as a result, they have accomplished much -- far more than any American president in recent memory. They are trusted because they keep their promises. In the US, “politician” is kind of pick pocket. Do you still have your wallet?

No American president in my lifetime (I was born in 1946) has accomplished anything like Putin and Xi, how literally reinvented Russia and China.