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The comparison with China is a good one, but it goes beyond the issues David Brooks raises 1/ nytimes.com/2019/02/14/opi…
Think about what our investment choices say about us. China's big investment project is Belt and Road -- which isn't just about building productive infrastructure, but about reaching out to spread its influence in the world 2/ nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Meanwhile, we're doing less and less public investment 3/ 
As some of us predicted, Trump has done nothing whatsoever to move on his infrastructure promises 4/ nytimes.com/2016/11/21/opi…
And the only thing he's actually trying to build – is willing to trash the Constitution to build – is a wall that, aside from being useless, symbolizes America's fear of the outside world and our desire to cower inside our borders. 5/
The wall obsession should really be seen as evidence of America in decline. Trump is doing all he can to make us weak again. 6/
