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Few prior to 2017 believed that Jared and Ivanka would play a major role in government. Many even believed Trump when he denied that the two were being given high-level security clearances.42 This belief was in part due to American exceptionalism—surely Trump wouldn’t really install his relatives in the White House like a third-world dictator. There was also the mistaken view that Ivanka and Jared represented mere tabloid silliness—surely two Gossip Girl guest stars could not destroy US foreign policy through a series of kleptocratic shakedowns. But this complacency was also because ...more
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
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