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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

America must reverse Trump’s moral squalor

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‘Part of the project of ridding ourselves of Trump, therefore, must be to rekindle our understanding of the common good.’ Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images

The Democrats’ focus on affordability seems to be a winning strategy (we’ll know for sure in a little over two weeks). But we mustn’t lose sight of the moral squalor at the core of the Trump regime and the necessity of ending it.

It’s that moral squalor – the utter disregard for the opinions, norms and ideals of the nation and, for that matter, of humanity – that uniquely marks Trump and the reprobates he has attracted to Washington. It has also poisoned much of the Republican party, including the billionaires and tech bros who finance it.

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