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Donald Trump just won’t go away

Donald Trump just won’t go away

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Virginia Heffernan
Jul 16, 2021
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Maybe the word “Trump,” a century from now, will no longer designate a man — or even a presidential administration.

Perhaps it will be the name of an epoch. A decisive period in human history when the United States suffered a near-death experience and did or didn’t regain its cognitive faculties.

As one of history’s speediest first-drafters, the journalis…

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