What Ben Rhodes thinks about America
American writer and former official; Deputy National Security Advisor to Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, co-host of Pod Save the World and author of After the Fall.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Ben Rhodes has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingThe guardrails around power have been steadily dismantled, particularly in the United States.
Their wordsFirst, power is running amok like an uncaged predator. Yes, there have always been powerful and power-hungry people in the world. But there has been a steady dismantling of the guardrails around power, particularly in the United States.
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