America needs to ‘detoxify its own democracy’: Fmr. Obama top national security adviser

American foreign policy is still operating from the muscle memory of an outdated political order, says former Obama Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes in a new cover piece for Foreign Affairs Magazine. He argues the U.S. needs to recalibrate its foreign policy to better promote democracy, and re-electing Trump would surely do the opposite. “Elections are not about perfect outcomes, they’re about choices,” says Rhodes. “Donald Trump’s not going to solve these problems – he’