It’s dictator or bust for Trump

The U.S. president has adopted a scorched-earth campaign intended somehow to reverse the political devastation caused by his mishandling of COVID-19 and the racial justice movement.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s inflammatory language and pro-police stance are reminiscent of the likes of pro-segregationist former Alabama governor George Wallace, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Tia Dufour

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

July 15, 2020

OTTAWA—U.S. President Trump seems increasingly like a mad king—besieged on all sides, raging away in the wreckage of his castle, vowing defeat and destruction to his endless list of perceived enemies. His latest outrage, which led to renewed comparisons of the U.S. under Trump to a Third World ...

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