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6 days agoTrump Bets He Can Have His Extremism - and the Midterms, Too
This was a particularly fraught decision for Trump because his idea of "policy accomplishments" involved a vast expansion of presidential power, an inevitably controversial mass-deportation program, a return to protectionist economic strategies, and relentless threats of Mafia-style retribution against his enemies and critics. Given his incredibly high regard for his own uniqueness and his history of disdain for the Republican Party, it would have been the most natural thing in the world for Trump to write off the midterms
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