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America has seen it all – another Trump term won’t destroy it

Trump’s “retribution” against the left could take the US in some frightening directions. But I believe in America enough to think it would take more than a second Trump term to destroy its democracy.

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“I believe in America.” That phrase has rattled around my head, throughout the rise, fall and rise again of Donald Trump.

Only belatedly did I recall that this comforting sentiment is the opening line of The Godfather. The words are uttered by Amerigo Bonasera: a man who has actually lost faith in America, and who is turning to a mafia don in search of vengeance.

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Gideon Rachman is chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times. His particular interests include American foreign policy, the European Union and globalisation.
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