What’s worse for the U.S. than having Trump as president? Having Trump as ex-president

Donald Trump’s idolizing base continues to rage against the establishment, progressives, Democrats, and the minority groups who tend to support Democratic candidates.

Aided by right-wing television personalities, feckless Republican legislators, and the rampant craziness flooding the internet, the former president has bulked up his cult status with the establishment of a huge lie at the heart of U.S. politics, writes Les Whittington. Flickr photograph by Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

July 28, 2021

OTTAWA—Musing about the effect of being impeached twice by the U.S. House of Representatives, Donald Trump recently told a cheering crowd of Republicans in Dallas, Texas, that it didn't change him. Actually, he said, “I became worse.” Nine months after President Joe Biden won the 2020 electio...

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