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Opinion: Old leaders, old ideas, big problems: Can America survive a rich gerontocracy?

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Donald Trump is an old man stuck in old thinking at a time when the world is changing with unprecedented speed, says Julian Zelizer .

Trump wants the U.S. to achieve global “energy dominance” by increasing its oil and gas production, he says.

Zelizer: America is already the world’s biggest oil, gas producer, a dubious distinction in this time of global warming.

William Becker : Trump has many shortcomings, but the most serious may be this: He’s a 20th-century curmudgeon in a 21st-century world.

Becker: He appears ready to make America as unfit for these times as he is.

Successful governance requires a heart as well as a brain, Becker says.

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