Ian Birrell

Trump’s autocratic antics risk becoming the new normal

The real danger of the President’s outrageous behaviour is that we’ve ceased to expect anything different, says Masha Gessen

Trump speaking at the Oval Office in 2017 on tax reform. Credit: Getty Images
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