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Presidential corruption and lying
Vietnam, Watergate, conflict with Iran, and the revelation of coups and funding of rebels through the Nixon--Reagan presidencies caused citizens to become more cynical of the government. The average citizen began to believe that the government could be expected to lie and cheat their way through politics meanwhile putting American lives in danger.
The consequences of this resulting in citizens not believing their leaders or not knowing who to believe. Presidencies have been criticized more and citizens are not surprised when scandal occurs. This has led to elected presidents who are "outsiders" or lack political experience such as Jimmy Carter or Donald Trump.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there is no entry attached to this question, we can say that what Mussolini felt about the Kellog-Briand Pact was that Benito Mussolini did not appeal to the pact because it the pact was idealists and naive, thinking that the countries that signed it would never ever consider war as an act of defense.
The pact was the idea of US Secretary of State Frank Kellog and French Foreign Minister, Aristad Briand. It was signed by the allied forces and Germany, Italy, and Japan, the three countries that years later would form the "Evil Axis" that fought the allies during World War II.
