Over the past two years, I've heard this continual chatter about 'leader of the free world'....with people confessing that once President Obama passed through, the new 'leader of the free world' was Chancellor Merkel.
It's an amusing title, with no logical beginning, ending, or rule-book attached. You basically get the title because some intellectual news folks bestow it upon you.
If you go research the term.....it leads you back to WW II, and to the 1950s when the US emerged as a leading world power.
Generally, you impress the intellectual folks with speeches, and stake out some kind of claim to helping the lesser nations on Earth. Beyond that, there's not much else. Yeah, it's like some explanation that fits on a 3x5 inch card.
Can Trump get the title of 'leader of the free world'? No. There's a second 3x5 inch card existing now, which basically says Trump isn't entitled to the title. Who wrote it? The same folks who wrote the first card.
Is this really worth discussing? No.
What makes the US a bit different than any other nation is that when you call, and state that a 'magnificent terror' now confronts your land, and beyond anything you can handle.....you are basically asking for the United States to lay out an enormous amount of 'power'.
By 'power', it means use of funds, persuasive talks, economic boycotts, and perhaps military folks putting their lives on the line. It means when you need some folks to land on the beaches of Normandy under hostile fire, they will do so. It means when some city has been cut off from civilization by all roads, bridges and rivers.....we will fly ounce of food and necessities into that city. It means men will die for some greater good.
Once you measure up this task required.....anyone can be the 'leader of the free world', but only one can deliver. So this amusing chatter by intellectuals and journalists? It's like talking over unicorns, zombies, and werewolves.....it's mostly fantasy stuff.
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