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‘Liberal World Order’ Is Decades-Old Term Misinterpreted by Social Media Posts

‘Liberal World Order’ Is Decades-Old Term Misinterpreted by Social Media Posts

“Liberal world order” is a decades-old term referring to a system of global cooperation. A Biden administration adviser used the term to explain why gasoline prices are tied to the war in Ukraine. But social media posts use the adviser’s comments to misleadingly claim Biden is pushing a “new liberal world order” to make Americans pay “high gas prices forever.”