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Trump's first week: The Real Story

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Robert Reich
Jan 26, 2025
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Friends,

Before I post my Sunday cartoon I want to share with you some thoughts about the first week of Trump II.

The New York Times describes Trump as leading “a global wave of hard-line conservative populism.”

Rubbish.

What Trump is undertaking has nothing whatever to do with conservatism, which is about conserving institutions and shrinking the size o…

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