Trump overdoses on unlimited power

Fantasies, delusional thinking, or fevered megalomania usually don’t get you very far in politics. But with Trump’s election to a second term as president, all that has changed. 
Former President of the United States Donald Trump
Donald Trump is sounding more like Russian President Vladimir Putin than the incoming president of the United States, writes Michael Harris.

HALIFAX—When U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming into the United States from Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said it was “like a family member stabbing you right in the heart.”

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