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Story summary
- U.S. President Donald Trump is analyzed through Norman Mailer's Why Are We in Vietnam? to argue his worldview rests on white male insecurity and backlash to #MeToo.
- The articles describe his foreign policy as chaotic and lacking a coherent strategy, driven by a desire for dominance, citing Greenland and Venezuela.
- The conclusion asserts that understanding Trump's motivations requires examining the historical context of American masculinity and aggression in Mailer's narrative.
