Donald Trump’s divisive method culminates in Portland
The president’s growing authoritarianism is a sign of weakness not strength
IN “IMAGINED FRONTIERS”, a book about the role of lines on maps in American art and culture, the historian Carl Abbott notes that because “they mark difference, they are also edgy places where change can happen—like the spark that rebalances electrical potential.” This is Donald Trump’s main political insight.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Trouble in Trumplandia”
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