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FDR’s Grandson: How Trump Warped Roosevelt’s Most Famous Words

NOTHING BUT FEAR

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” was made famous as a rallying cry by FDR. Trump just repeated the line, and couldn’t have meant it more differently—or darkly.

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Illustration of a scared Uncle Sam
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