Austerity for thee, a ballroom for me: The two Americas under Trump

There is an old idea in American lif that in times of national sacrific the burden should be shared. That's when the country asks something of its people and its leaders set the example. Franklin Roosevelt gave up his presidential yacht after Pearl Harbor as a gesture of wartime sacrifice.Jimmy Carter famously turned down the White House thermostats and wore a cardigan during the 1970s energy crisis. During World War II, rationing applied to everyone including the powerful gasoline, meat, butter, sugar, nyl ...