The Mar-a-Lago Raid Proves the United States Isn't a Banana Republic
Summary by NewsWall Apr 25 23
- "Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before," Trump said in a statement.
- Susan Glasser and Peter Baker wrote today on how Trump encouraged the military to stage the sort of flamboyant parades that, as one general put it, characterize foreign dictatorships, and complained that US generals were not as faithful to him as Hitler's top brass was to the Führer.
- Trump is not facing political persecution.
- "What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat National Committee?
- " In his statement, Trump inquired.
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Republicans went crazy over the Trump search. Now they look idiotic.: The fuller story of what went on bears no relation to the right's account.
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