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The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

The emperor has no clothes. But were the election today, Trump would win

Donald Trump in court flanked by lawyers
The judge in court on Monday beseeched Trump’s lawyers ‘to control him if you can’. Photograph: Getty Images

One has signed historic climate and infrastructure legislation, steered the economy past a recession and rallied the west against Vladimir Putin. The other spent Monday on trial for fraud ranting and raving against a judge in a puerile display from the witness stand.

And if a presidential election were held today, Joe Biden would lose to Donald Trump by a lot, according to the latest swing state polls.

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