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The cosmic magnetism of Trump and Brexit

30 May 2019

8:17 PM

30 May 2019

8:17 PM

Polite British eurosceptics still insist that Brexit isn’t Trump and Trump isn’t Brexit — as if that meant anything at all. Many of us Britons like to think that our populist revolt is a more civilized affair than the one happening across the Atlantic.

As London prepares to welcome President Trump next week, it may be time for the British to admit that we have been deluding ourselves.

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