Right, Zuckerman. Forget underwriting of many of the institutions of global economic activity upon which hundreds of millions depend, and forget the giveaways like the GPS system, a quarter of the UN’s budget or massive private charity initiatives. I could go on.

For you, the impact of the U.S. is confined strictly to ‘destroying’ rather than ‘helping’.

Folks, it’s the Zuckermans of the world who are presented as evidence of our ‘tarnished’ global reputation whenever handwringing begins among those more interested in being well liked than in doing the right thing.

People around the world receive a one-sided narrative of ceaseless American wickedness and villainy, and we wonder why they end up thinking like Zuckerman, then fret about how WE must change so Zuckerman will like us.

What a shakedown.