Does Donald Trump Tap Into America's Underlying Xenophobia? - U.S. News & World Report
Japan was the monster lurking under the U. S. economy's bed in the not-so-distant past. 5, 1987, edition that highlighted Americans' feelings toward Japan at the time. "Japan is a new kind of superpower," Darman wrote in his piece that also profiled Americans' tendency to insult Japan behind closed doors. "Now heralded as 'No. 1' in some areas, Japan is encountering the natural reaction of an American culture bred to believe in the primacy of the U. S. A. ". Being second-best has never sat well with the American public. And although Japan now holds more U. S. debt than any other nation, its economy stalled out in the 1990s and never quite threatened America's top spot in terms of gross domestic product. China's economic emergence over the last two decades has allowed it to replace Japan as the most prominent threat to U. S. industry. "Japan for decades was an economic power – not a military power, but economic power in Asia. "Now China's the biggest economy and China's getting the political attention. And, just like Japan in the 1980s, Americans' public opinion of China isn't exactly favorable. Source: www.usnews.com
