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America’s 250th birthday: a founding ideal hijacked by politics

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America’s 250th birthday: a founding ideal hijacked by politics
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Edward Luce argues that America’s semiquincentennial celebrations have been hijacked by Donald Trump, transforming a milestone into a partisan spectacle; he contrasts today’s moment with Ford’s more principled 1976 celebration and warns that the current alignment between Trump, the Supreme Court and big donors threatens the system’s checks and balances as Americans debate what they stand for.

Topics:nationus-politics-and-policy#freedom-250#nixon#trump#us-politics#us-politics-and-policy#watergate
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