This time around it’s very different for Donald Trump presidential campaign
Foreign Dispatch
Former US president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in South Carolina. Photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
Jonathan Bernstein
At first glance, the Republican presidential campaign is shaping up to be bizarrely normal. In a deeper sense, however, it is profoundly bizarre. Of course, the reason is former US president Donald Trump.
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