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Word Power: is “The Donald” a “Don”?

 

 

A: yes, in the Mafia/ Crime Boss sense of “Don”, according to a seasoned, well-respected observer of US Presidential politics.

Behold Donald Corleone, the US president who behaves like a mafia boss – but without the principles. Of course, one hesitates to make the comparison, not least because Donald Trump would like it. And because the Godfather is an archetype of strength and macho glamour while Trump is weak, constantly handing gifts to America’s enemies and getting nothing in return.

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Word power: longer term, global consequences of “the Trump White House”

 

Pictured above is a satirical carnival float in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The essay below was written by David French.

Its opening paragraph:

President Trump is doing damage to America that could take a generation or more to repair. The next election cannot fix what Trump is breaking. Neither can the one after that.

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Word power: populism, “post-truth”, anger, Trump, Brexit, elites…

This post highlights three interesting essays on the above.

Only one author is primarily a journalist; the other two are, respectively, an English physicist/cosmologist and an Australian (of Greek ancestry) who is best known for his provocative literary fictions.

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Word power: Trump’s “Boswell”

I put lipstick on a pig. I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is. I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilisation…

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