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Drew Magary

Aug 12, 2020

5 min read

Column

Donald Trump Would Rather Burn the Whole Country Down Than Lose

What’s worse than Trump when he’s winning? Trump when he’s not.

President Trump speaks during a Covid-19 briefing at the White House. Photo: The Washington Post/Getty Images

If you’ve ever divorced Donald Trump, you know that things don’t end well with him. The United States is already getting a horrifying idea of what that process looks like. Nearly 165,000 of us are dead, and there is…

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