America is in Decline: After Shock!

It’s Not Just Trump Who Thinks America is in Decline

As you well know, at least part of Donald Trump’s campaign success has been due to his slogan “Make America Great Again.”

The implication behind the slogan is that America is in decline. After all, as professor Noah Smith pointed out earlier this year, “you can’t ‘make America great again’ unless America isn’t-so-great right now.”