Andrei Martyanov

In turn, in 2019 the United States’ main exports by far were crude, processed petroleum oils and petroleum gasses. Crude exports alone surpassed the U.S. export of cars, the largest of U.S. finished goods exports, by a hefty $10 billion margin.

It’s almost impossible to explain to the primarily Ivy League graduates with MBAs or degrees in journalism, political science or sociology, that for a country that builds space stations and taxies American astronauts into orbit there, developing complex industrial technology is a routine process.

Like Bill Clinton, those at the helm have a grandiose opinion of themselves while having rather mediocre skills when it comes to true statesmanship and average, at best, intellectual capabilities.