In the early 1950s, US politics was convulsed by the question, “who lost China?” Today the question is who lost America? The days when US politics stopped at the water’s edge have gone into reverse. America’s two chief rivals, Russia and China, are gnawing at the soul of American politics.
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Edward Luce: The faultline in US politics caused by Russia and China
With a display showing President Donald Trump retweeting a fake Russian Twitter account, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) questions witnesses during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing titled 'Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online' on Capitol Hill, Oct. 31, 2017 in Washington, DC.
