He wants to turn America into a European-style social welfare state.
The cold war turned America inside out, exposing the nation's viscera for everyone to see.
"A couple of attacks has turned America from a superpower to a zero power."
A national crisis turned America, for a few years, into a nation of gardeners.
But what about the social consequences of turning America into a plutocracy?
In other words, you might want to turn America into France.
Since it was the first strong impulse which turned America towards the war, the message was true in both respects.
No need to burrow in the bunker when you've turned America into one.
"The American people are no longer interested in how we turned America around in 1980," one said.
We have got to unite together to turn America to moral greatness again.