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Why attacking Trump’s character is a waste of time

Moral grandstanding is not the best way to convince people to come over to your side.

Donald Trump has had incredibly good fortune in his life, and this election cycle has been no different.

So enfeebled was his original opponent, Joe Biden, that he had to be replaced a few months out from voting day. Trump came centimetres from being killed by a bullet – quite possibly because he turned his head “at the exact right time and in just the right amount” (his own words) – in an assassination attempt that, while only slightly grazing his ear, greatly bolstered his image.

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