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Donald Trump’s Flying Circus
With his mounting domestic scandals in tow, Donald Trump spent the past week overseas, on his first foreign trip as US president. Despite the cordial welcome Trump received from America’s allies, it is becoming increasingly clear that US global leadership will suffer under his administration.
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When “Editors’ Insight” recently examined Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, we described two schools of thought on the United States’ 45th president: those who still hold out hope that Trump can be an effective leader; and those who anticipate nothing but scandal upon disaster. In the weeks since, the pessimists seem to have been vindicated, as the steady drip of damaging revelations and worrying behavior that had marked Trump’s presidency has become a nearly uninterrupted stream.