Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different from what he wants ...

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Before the election, I wrote a whole bunch of posts for my newsletter Noahpinion about why it was a bad idea to elect Donald Trump. But sadly, America elected him anyway. After he won, I wrote a post ...

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