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I was already bothered by Mr. Trump\u2019s resemblance to the proverbial political Strong Man. \u00a0He seems to me an obviously clear and present danger to the cause of constitutionalism and limited government. \u00a0(In view of the recent sudden loss of Justice Scalia, Trumpism, in my judgment, looms as an even more menacing phenomenon than it already did before.) \u00a0But Mr. Trump\u2019s publicly expressed admiration, however limited it may or may not be, for such odious figures as Mr. Putin and the late Mr. Hussein makes my skin crawl.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 A while back, Mr. Donald Trump had some very positive things to say about Mr. Vladimir Putin, who had just had some good things to say about him: \u00a0 https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2015\/12\/24\/heres-what-trump-and-putin-have-in-common-and-why-so-many-people-approve\/ \u00a0 Now, Mr. Trump has made a rather wistfully positive remark about the late Mr. Saddam Hussein, a former resident of the Iraqi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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