Politics

Trump’s Phony Populism Rests on One Big Lie

Shell Game

The confusion of corporate liberty with individual liberty is the missing explanation for the president’s appeal to the white working class.

Jay Michaelson
Jay Michaelson
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Jay Michaelson

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