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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ben Makuch

Terrorist groups embrace chance of weakened US hegemony under Trump

Trump, wearing a suit, smiles as he stands on stage
Donald Trump addresses the crowd during an election night party in West Palm Beach, Florida, on 6 November. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

While Donald Trump has cultivated his reputation as a feared strongman, internal chats and online talk across a spectrum of terrorist organizations calling the US government their enemy show that many see advantages to the president-elect’s incoming administration.

Key to those beliefs are Trump’s own promises that once in office, he plans to reduce the global US military footprint and purge the so-called “deep state” national security agencies of workers he considers disloyal to him.

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