Musings

Making America ‘Third World’?

By Marina Mahathir
President Donald Trump arriving at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. — ©2025 The New York Times Company

A NEW government leader is elected and proceeds to do the following:

He fires everybody who he has ever imagined said anything negative about him. Or who were appointed by his predecessors despite their credentials.

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