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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

Former Republican chair says US institutions yielded to Trump, ‘the bully’

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Donald Trump and Michael Steele. Composite: Reuters, The Photo Access via Alamy

The biggest surprise of Donald Trump’s first year back in office is how quickly America’s institutions capitulated to “the bully”, said Michael Steele, a former chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) turned arch critic.

But with the midterm elections for Congress looming, Steele predicts a resounding Democratic victory amid a hunger among voters to hold the president and his allies accountable for threatening democracy.

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