HIS past week, the world marked a depressing anniversary, that being the first full year in office for Donald Trump in his second term. Everyone already knows what I think of that... entity, and I am not going to rehash his manifold flaws, or his neo-Nazi domestic reign of terror, or his ludicrous and embarrassing antics on the world stage. Instead, my historian side is going to appreciate this opportunity to reflect on this discomfiting interval of contemporary history in a broader context. It’s still not going to be very encouraging; in fact, it’s even more disheartening than “the US...