Democrats place a big bet on America’s virtues

WASHINGTON POST, Fareed Zakaria

Reagan’s success,... came from three factors: his “confidence in the legitimacy and success of American institutions; confidence in the decency of the American people; and confidence in the relevance of our experience to the rest of the world.”

Trump’s party is different, characterized by doubt and decline, fearful of the future. “This country is a hellhole. We are going down fast,” he says. By contrast, it is a poised and confident President Obama and his wife, Michelle, who reminded their party, their country and the world that “America is already great.”