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A republic ... if we can keep it

A republic ... if we can keep it

Donald Trump's chilling Time interview is a reminder of what a fragile thing democracy is, and what it takes to maintain it.

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John L. Micek
May 04, 2024
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(Photo from the ‘Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away" exhibition at The Castle at Park Plaza in Boston, Mass.)

Former President Donald Trump’s headline-making interview with Time magazine this week served several purposes, only two of them good ones.

First, the not-very-good-at-all reasons:

The interview, sketched out in vivid and disconcerting detail b…

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