We are entering a very dangerous time, where there will be a LOT of pressure on so-called "leaders".

It is easy (or at least is should be) to make good decisions during good times. But the real test of character comes when under pressure.

During the "high stress" periods of the last two decades, US leadership has made increasingly bad decisions with all of the following high-pressure events:

9/11
2008 crash
COVID

And US leadership is far worse today than during those times.

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