Alcoholic drink from about 8% ABV to more than 20%. The defining characteristic of mead is that the majority of the drink's fermentable sugar is derived from honey. Pulque is the Mesoamerican fermented drink made from the "honey water" of maguey cacti. The drink distilled from pulque is tequila or mescal. Wine is a fermented beverage produced from grapes and sometimes other fruits. Wine involves a longer fermentation process than beer and a long aging process (months or years), resulting in an alcohol content of 9%–16% ABV. "Fruit wines" are made from fruits other than grapes, such as plums, cherries, or apples.
Walter Russell Mead and attention since the candidacy and election of President Donald Trump, in particular because of former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon's references to Jackson and comparisons of Jackson to Trump. The "New York Times" has speculated that Bannon drew inspiration from Mead's description of Jacksonianism in "Special Providence". In Mead's recent interview with "Politico", he was dubbed the "Trump Whisperer" by the author Susan Glasser. Mead's first book, "", was published in 1987. Mead highlights what he sees as the failures of American neoimperialism in the Cold War, arguing that American policy under Nixon and Carter had stifled sustainable