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Calmes: Coming soon to Washington — America's dark ages

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Sally Kohn : In 2016 , I naively believed that even the narcissist Trump would be humbled by the august power and responsibility of being the leader of the free world.

She says it was possible to believe that Trump , the purported deal-maker, meant it when he said he wanted to compromise with Congress on both gun control and immigration, but he didn't.

Kohn says Trump 's superpower is his innate grasp of the power of fear and anger to build an aggrieved following.

We are entering not a golden age but a new dark age in America , says Julian Zelizer .

The Constitution -respecting advisors that acted as guardrails in his first term have been banished.

He's surrounded by sycophants who’ve compiled the extremist Project 2025 agenda and a database of vetted MAGAts for federal jobs.

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