https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/us-current-account-trade-deficit-hits-4841-billion-in-2015/2016/03/17/2205b314-ec3d-11e5-a9ce-681055c7a05f_story.html

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.