A feral instinct
Donald Trump has ‘always endeavoured to author his own reality’
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, GAGE SKIDMORE
The convicted felon, note the New York Times journalists, “knew that if he returned … he could get away with so much more than he did the first time”. Their thesis is compelling.
BUILDING A WALL at the border with Mexico. Imposing a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. Suggesting injecting disinfectant as a treatment for corona- virus. It is more than five years since the end of Donald Trump’s first presidential term, which remade the United States of America in the eyes of the world. From the tariffs of so-called “Liberation Day” to the war in Iran, his second stint in the White House, though just 18 months old, has proved even more far-reaching.
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