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Donald Trump built a career on magic words. The spell is breaking now.

President Donald Trump believes that all politics is theater, and theater of a very specific sort: television. This is no surprise, since television is his comfort zone. It’s the only area of his professional life where he’s demonstrated any actual success. On “The Apprentice,” Trump was not a failed Queens casino operator with a string […]

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Trump’s encouragement of GOP ballot watchers echoes an old tactic of voter intimidation

During the first presidential debate, Donald Trump was asked by moderator Chris Wallace if he would “urge” his followers to remain calm during a prolonged vote-counting period after the election, if the winner were unclear. “I am urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully because that is what has to happen, I […]