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Now, the U.S. is still, in many ways, the world’s most powerful nation, but it has less leverage over weaker nations because the source of fear—the fulcrum of America’s leverage—has vanished.

By 1914, the German Empire, with its dynamic economy and industrial might, had emerged as the most powerful nation on the continent of Europe.

It also wants to establish itself as the most powerful nation in the Persian Gulf region, where its chief rival is Saudi Arabia, an American ally.

“Look here people, white folks came here with N-O-T-H-I-N-G and and built the most powerful nation on Earth…. I’m not saying that Mexicans and Blacks should not be proud, but who do you think has the most to brag about, the folks who built Mexico, the folks who bulit the Nations in Africa, or the folks who built The United States?”

At stake is not just control of the presidency, but how the world’s wealthiest and most militarily powerful nation sees itself.