Can General Kelly #MakeAmericaRealAgain?

Last week was the worst week of the Donald Trump presidency so far—though this week isn't over yet.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks alongside Vice-President Mike Pence, left, and John Kelly, then secretary of Homeland Security, now chief of staff to the president, at an appearance at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington in January.Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

August 2, 2017

In our shock-addled scrounging for some familiar prism through which to process events in Washington, it’s been easy to compare Donald Trump’s presidency to a reality show. The spectacle unfolding at the White House offers, among other reality show tropes, the one element Mark Burnett would dem...

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