Without the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte would have remained a gifted and frustrated junior military officer. Likewise, the current period in America and its relations with the world have been truly exceptional, requiring a leader who can fundamentally challenge a global majority’s view that America has become arrogant, impotent, and selfish.
时势造英雄。如果没有法国大革命，拿破仑•波拿巴将仍然是一位怀才不遇的初级军官。同样，现在的美国及其与世界的关系正处在一个非常时期，需要一位领导人能从根本上挑战全球大多数人的观点，即美国已变得傲慢、无能和自私。