NEW YORK:  Donald Trump’s presidential bid is centered on the promise of his personal talents. He says he’s the “most successful person ever to run for the presidency, by far.”

(George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower, sit down!) But if there is an idea animating his candidacy, it is that America is being badly beaten by its economic competitors. In his speech on foreign policy this week, Trump explained that America is being bested by countries like China, Japan and Mexico because their leaders are “smarter, more cunning, and sharper than our leaders.” “They’re killing us,” he often says.

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