By H. L. D. Mahindapala*
"… my administration, I believe, has had the most successful year in the history of the Presidency," Donald Trump, Conservative Political Action Conference, Maryland, February 23, 2018.
MELBOURNE, Australia (IDN) – Since it is generally agreed that one week is a long time in politics, it is time to ask, at the end of one year, how far have America’s stature grown since Donald Trump set out “to make America great again.” From the first step he took to march on the road to White House he has been chanting the mantra of “making America great” which also translates into “putting America first”. They are two shades of the same slogan.