Supremacy, not exceptionalism, is what Trump is seeking for US
By Cai Hong | China Daily | Updated: 2018-08-20 07:34
"We shall be as a city upon a hill.... The eyes of all people are upon us," proclaimed John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1630.
Winthrop encapsulated what would come to be called "exceptionalism", which suggests the United States is a model for the world and exists in part to redeem humankind.
For Americans, the US is distinct from the "Old World" - or, to be precise, Europe in early US history - and the rest of the world today.
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