Ep. 287: The Truth Report -- Fintan O'Toole Explains How the United States in the Age of Trump's Pandemic is a Pathetic and Pitiable Nation

Summary: Fintan O’Toole is the author of many books including his most recent The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism. O'Toole explains how Trump's America is pitiful and pathetic where the pandemic only further exposed the societal and institutional rot that was already long present in the country. He also reflects on the end of American empire, the decline of the country's democracy, and abdication of its preeminent global leadership role.