Donald Trump’s Imperial Birthday Spectacle
On the occasion of Donald Trump’s 80th birthday, The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos examine the alarming signs of his cognitive and physical decline, the erosion of democratic norms through imperial-style spectacles, and the broader implications for American democr
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