Three roads to hell for the West

Hoping for the best but preparing for the worst

In retrospect we ought to be astonished at how unprepared the world was for Donald Trump – we should be shocked that we were shocked. It’s not that he did not give us fair warning that he would turn on America’s allies, betray Ukraine, embrace Putin and impose tariffs. 

Did we fall into that oldest delusion of believing that the status quo would last for…