Leaders in U.S., U.K. and France Get Aggressive

Politico: “The logic in all three cases was the same. Each leader concluded that muddling through and hoping for the best was no longer working.”

“Instead, they have adopted a common attitude: Bring it on.”

“The calculations of all three have merged to create a striking experiment: Just a few weeks from now, there will be a rapid-fire series of events that will test the vitality of traditional establishment politicians at a moment when large swaths of voters are clearly in the mood for disruption.”