The laws of hydraulics are broken. Donald Trump’s approval ratings have dropped to second-term lows yet the Democratic party’s have fallen even further. They ought to be soaring. Just a third of Americans approve of them. Much the same can be said of centrist and centre-left parties across the west. The odd one out is Canada. That is because Mark Carney’s Liberal party is the staunchest defender of Canada’s sovereignty — the opposition having been too cosy with Trump. But Canada is the exception that proves the rule. Western liberalism is still on the retreat.
水力學定律被打破了。唐納德?特朗普的支持率已降至其第二任期的最低點，然而民主黨的支持率卻跌得更慘。他們的支持率本應飆升才對。如今只有三分之一的美國人認可民主黨。西方各國的中間派和中左翼政黨也大多如此。唯一的例外是加拿大。這是因為馬克?卡尼領導的自由黨是加拿大主權最堅定的捍衛者——而反對派則與特朗普走得太近。但加拿大只是個例外，證明了西方自由主義仍在退縮這一普遍規律。