aspirations

We had a second founding during Reconstruction, after the Civil War, that moved us a little further down the road toward something that might meet our highest aspirations.

At The Breakers, an opulent Italian Renaissance-style oceanfront hotel, the young valets were most star struck by the visit of Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White, who joined his friend Trump on stage on election night, but who says he has no personal political aspirations.

Presented as compelling theater, they brought in-depth insight into our often simplistic attempts to understand the Russian mind, with its complex aspirations, fears and insecurity that can lead to greatness, grandiosity or outright malevolence.

In 2021, Zuckerberg’s rebranding of Facebook to Meta signaled a shift in his aspirations beyond social media and toward artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

Vadym Prystaiko, a career Ukrainian diplomat, said if Trump in fact has a plan to end the war, he must understand Ukraine’s “red lines,” including its aspirations for closer ties with Europe.