5 quotes
"Trump’s lies will linger for years, poisoning the atmosphere like radioactive dust."
A Political Obituary for Donald Trump (2020)
"America under Trump became less free, less equal, more divided, more alone, deeper in debt, swampier, dirtier, meaner, sicker, and deader."
A Political Obituary for Donald Trump (2020)
"Monopoly of public policy by experts—trade negotiators, government bureaucrats, think tankers, professors, journalists—helped create the populist backlash that empowered Trump."
A Political Obituary for Donald Trump (2020)
"Trump’s legacy includes an extremist Republican Party that tries to hold on to power by flagrantly undemocratic means, and an opposition pushed toward its own version of extremism."
A Political Obituary for Donald Trump (2020)
"In a sense, Americans expected a degree of fabrication from their leaders. After Jimmy Carter, in his 1976 campaign, promised, 'I’ll never lie to you,' and then pretty much kept his word, voters sent him back to Georgia. Ronald Reagan’s gauzy fictions were far more popular."
A Political Obituary for Donald Trump (2020)