The Leader of the Free World

Written By Alan Dowd

Providence, 7.29.26

In the mid-1990s, with Washington averting its gaze from the war in Yugoslavia, French President Jacques Chirac mixed contempt with delight by sneering, “The position of leader of the free world is vacant.” Thankfully, it’s not vacant today, though it’s being filled by an unexpected figure…

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