Don’t normalize Donald Trump
As we get used to Trump’s style of governing, we risk forgetting that his authoritarian tendencies are disturbing and dangerous
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David Moscrop
David Moscrop is a political scientist and a writer. He’s currently working on a book about why we make bad political decisions and how we can make better ones. He’s at @david_moscrop on Twitter. He lives in Vancouver.
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