Every country has its domestic politics, and its foreign policy. Sometimes they are in sync. Other times they are not. Either way, it can be hard for outsiders to understand messages crafted for those on the inside.
In the US, the results of the midterm elections, while not the “red tsunami” of Trumpism that many had feared, will nonetheless make the divide between politics and real policy even harder for non-Americans to either fathom or stomach.
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Financial Times
Rana Foroohar is a global business columnist and an associate editor at the Financial Times, based in New York. She is also CNN’s global economic analyst.
