Mitt Romney: U.S. Is a 'Nation in Denial' and the Return of Donald Trump Would 'Feed the Sickness'
Photo: Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/AP Images; Samir Hussein/WireImageSen.Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican who was the party’s nominee for president in 2012, has written an essay about Americans' political habit of blaming others while ignoring growing crises.Citing the consequences of climate change, inflation andDonald Trump’sfalse but insistent claimsof a stolen election in 2020 as examples, Romney, 75,wrote forThe Atlantic, “What accounts for the blithe dismissal of potentially cataclysmic threats? The left thinks the right is at fault for ignoring climate change and the attacks on our political system....