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Gideon Rachman

Trump’s foreign enemies are about to get a significant boost

The president-elect is threatening to gut the institutions that make America great, which can only benefit Russia and China.

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We all know the slogan. But Donald Trump will not make America great again by waging war on his domestic enemies. Instead, his vengeance campaign threatens the real foundations of American greatness.

The American military, the country’s leading universities, the Federal Reserve, the justice system, the free press, the scientific establishment, and even the health of American citizens are all at risk. The president-elect has nominated vengeful crackpots to key positions and promised to let people like Robert F. Kennedy jnr “go wild”.

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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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