I'm familiar with Thor Heerdahl.
Desperate guy. There is a good film Kon Tiki. I recommend watching it.
Here, I found the program that was shown on Sundays. Turn on English subtitles.
I see that China has begun to sharply overtake the US in development. And the US can no longer stop this growth by honest means.
But this also makes sense: China is displacing domestic producers from the US market, and this is unacceptable for the domestic market, it can lead to the bankruptcy of many enterprises, thousands of Americans will be left without work. The US is making every effort to stop this process.
PS: You probably watched Trump's speech yesterday. Here I clearly saw the difference in our mentality and yours. If our voters heard that the president has chandeliers in his house for $ 15 million, then no one would vote for him. At the very least, it is impolite, in relation to ordinary people. And for you, it is pride.)) Besides, bragging to the president is, at the very least, stupid, I have never met such a president. Trump is a narcissist of the highest order.)) As soon as the conversation turns to the fact that not everything is in order in the country, Trump immediately cites himself as an example. How he was tried, and what bastards the judges are. I repeated this several times in my speech. And not a word about ordinary citizens and their problems. As if he is the only one in the US... the most unhappy and the most offended by the judges.)) I found it funny. He is passing off domestic political struggle as shortcomings in the country's domestic policy.
His ambitions are exorbitant, he openly says that he wants to annex Canada to the US, for me it sounds wild! It's the same as if Putin said that he wants to annex Finland. The next day he would be slandered in all the media, that he is an aggressor. And the most surprising thing is that there is no reaction to this, except that Trudeau resigned, which only confirms Trump's intentions. He is not joking. It shocked me a little.
And if this happens and Trump annexes Canada, then in fact: the very next day Putin will give an interview and say something like: I am no worse than Trump, maybe even better, so I want to completely annex Ukraine. And it will be the same thing in essence.
I actually watched his interview for only one purpose. He said that the war will end in six months, this already seems more like the truth.
As for the rest.. my opinion.. The US is expecting radical changes, this has never happened before. I do not envy you. Living in an era of change is bad. And it does not matter in which direction the change is, good or bad - I know this for sure.