In THE NEW YORKER, John Cassidy points out that what successful authoritarian leaders do is expand the social safety network. Then the people like them. Minority President Trump is too bonkers to grasp this history, and he has set off on a path to shrink the social safety network. (Yes, there is a "deep state" that is working against Trump, called ordinary American people.)
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