Robert Trent Jones Jr., having spearheaded discreet White House back-channels between the U.S. and its foreign friends and foes for 50 years, has figured out why America 2025 is no longer a country for wise men.

“Our collective consciousness for decency – what is moral and what is not – is evaporating,” says the celebrated 85-year-old golf course architect, who silently served President Jimmy Carter in the Middle East; George H.W. Bush in China; Bill Clinton in the Balkans, and Ronald Reagan in Russia and the Philippines.

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