How low will Trump go?

Past presidents have issued disgraceful pardons and left regulatory messes for their successors. Donald Trump could go even further than that.

President Donald Trump was poised to lose his bid for re-election to Democratic challenger Joe Biden, as of the afternoon of Nov. 6. Losing presidents remain in power for two months, during what is called a 'lame-duck' period. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

November 6, 2020

HALIFAX—There is only one thing scarier than Donald Trump as a second term president: Trump as a lame duck president. With the arithmetic of the electoral college close to closing the presidential curtain on Trump 2.0, a disquieting question sits squarely behind the sense of relief much of the wo...

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