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by earthboundkid 1018 days ago
> If you view the early 20th century as peak-institutionalism, it's clear the pendulum has swung to populism... but how much further can it continue to swing?

We aren’t anywhere near populism in foreign policy. The public has essentially no input into it. Trump tried to go in a direction the bureaucracy disapproved of, and they mostly just ignored him. Biden diverged from the consensus on Afghanistan and got crucified for it. But can anyone explain to the public why the US continues to support Saudi Arabia? Good luck to that.