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Trump: American Shogun

31 May 2019

4:06 AM

31 May 2019

4:06 AM

Japan has a new emperor, and so do we. Donald Trump isn’t merely president. He wants to be America’s shogun.

Already Trump has repeatedly made his contempt for his Cabinet officials and staffers plain as he routinely forces them to line up and sing his praises. Now, in an episode that is more redolent of H.M.S.

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