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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Austin Sarat

To defeat Trump, the left must learn from him

donald trump's silhouette at a podium
‘Insurrectionists become patriots. Law-abiding immigrants become threats to America’s way of life. Journalists become “enemies of the people”.’ Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

In the first six months of his second term as president, Donald Trump has dominated the national political conversation, implemented an aggressive agenda of constitutional reform, scrambled longstanding American alliances, and helped alter US political culture.

Pro-democracy forces have been left with their heads spinning. They (and I) have spent too much time simply denouncing or pathologizing him and far too little time learning from him.

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