A mere 66 years after the Wright Brother's first flight, Americans had not only sent men to walk on and plant their flag on the Moon but, even more impressively, had returned them to earth safely.
The last time an American walked on the moon was 1972, fully 52 years ago.
In the subsequent half century, the world has changed a great deal.
The moon landing was perhaps the high point of American civilizational achievement.
Americans won two world wars and, between them, built the Empire State Building in 13 months and the nuclear bomb in 4 years.
Perhaps most tellingly was the fact that, at mid-century, Detroit was not only the richest city in the United States, it was the richest city in the entire world.
The One World Trade building is exactly three miles from the Empire State Building on a map but a million miles away in psyche.
The Federal Register is almost 200,000 pages long, and regulation costs Americans an estimated $13,000 per person annually! Stunningly, that's almost 20% of the GDP. One can quibble with the actual number, but whatever it is, it's extraordinary.
Donald Trump can become the greatest president in American history.
As we saw from that first Pax Americana, American prosperity inspires and drives much of the same around the world.
Combined with today's technology, Trump would be the shepherd of the greatest advance in prosperity the world has ever seen.
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