Politics

Watergate’s Third-Rate Burglary—And Trump’s Much More Ominous One

45 Years Later

If it comes to it, will Trump do as Nixon did and obey, for the sake of the country? Or will he say “you’ll have to throw me out”?

Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky 

Special Correspondent

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Michael Tomasky

Michael Tomasky

Special Correspondent

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