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Chauncey DeVega

The United States is in a free fall

Donald Trump has now been president (again) for 100 days. Trump is not a humble man. It should be no surprise that he is trumpeting his “accomplishments” very loudly. As Trump sees them, his great “accomplishments” include being a great man of history who has left an indelible mark on the trajectory of the United States and the world.

Donald Trump, who was declared a de facto king or emperor by the right-wing extremist justices on the Supreme Court, has more power than any American president before him, and he is using it to advance his political and personal goals. Trump has been mostly successful in crushing, bending and smashing America’s democratic norms and institutions and the larger culture to fit his will.

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