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Trump has dulled our awe of the US, the brand of presidency

US President Donald Trump

That Donald Trump has altered the American Presidency brand is not contestable. From the days of George Washington to Barack Obama, America’s first black President, no President has so fundamentally altered the Presidency brand in such a short time.

While I never doubted that Trump would beat Hillary in the elections, nothing would have prepared me for the ruckus that this most unexpected of Presidents has caused. At a fundamental level, Trump has not really altered American policy in any significant way beyond what a Republican President would do.

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