‘Tipping point’: United States could enter ‘late Roman-like decline’

Hoover Institute Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson says the United States is at a “tipping point” and could enter a “late Roman-like decline” as problems continue to rise. The US Customs and Border Protection said almost 2.5 million people have illegally crossed the southern border in the last 12 months. “I think everybody’s very worried,” Mr Hanson told Sky News host James Macpherson. “We have eight million people that just crossed the border illegally and are residing here illegally. “Everybody knows they broke the law; everybody knows that the law should be enforced. “Apparently, everybody thinks that’s beyond our powers. “Everybody feels we’re at a tipping point: we either need a Reagan-esque or a Lincoln-esque character … or something to shake us out of it or we’re going to be into a late Roman-like decline.”