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The new American imperialism
Donald Trump is the first president in more than 100 years to call for new American territory—including Mars
THE TRADITIONAL point of an inaugural address is to transcend the politics of the campaign and draw the country together. Donald Trump’s second inaugural was not that. But it stuck with tradition in other ways—it’s just that the traditions in question were much older.
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