To support his claim Friedman uses references to several different countries and their leadership’s decision. To convey his wariness of Trump and the future that would likely occur if he were to be elected as president during the upcoming election. He alludes to Putin and how he attempted to distract from his “economic mismanagement and illegitimacy” by seizing Crimea and burning massive amounts of foreign food imports. He also discusses China’s Securities Finance Corporation that spent the equivalent of twenty-nine billion U.S. dollars, from their government budget to stabilize their economy. The tone he uses in those two examples hints at a negative view that he has on how those leaders dealt with their country’s issues. He uses that tone
