WASHINGTON — Walking through Lafayette Park and across the north side of the White House on Monday afternoon, there was the usual gaggle of people taking selfies. There were also the usual protesters, people with signs reading “not my president” and of course given the recent news, protesting ICE in Minnesota.

Regardless of who is in the White House, there are always protesters outside expressing their displeasure with the president of the day. Across Washington you can see signs of support for Donald Trump and signs of opposition.

Democracy, despite reports of its demise, is not dead in America.

When Mark Carney arrives in Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping there won’t be any protesters outside as he arrives. No one will hold up signs that claim Xi is not their president and if they tried, they would be arrested or worse.

It’s important to keep these distinctions in........

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