The US Has Entered Its Aging, Endangered Hegemon Era

President Donald Trump promised a golden age. Instead, he has ushered in a period of pervasive strategic peril. Just 19 months into his presidency, America’s military is overtaxed, its alliances are strained, and its adversaries are emboldened. Threats of instability, even violent conflict, are surging simultaneously in several regions. The combination of Trumpian blunders with the entropy that often afflicts aging hegemons has thrust America into a danger zone it won’t easily escape.