Donald the Deporter
Could a man who makes ugly promises of mass expulsion actually fix America’s immigration system?
NOTHING SCRAMBLES the mind like a Trump press conference. On January 7th, at his winter palace in Florida, the president-elect mused on annexing Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal—as well as tilting at offshore windmills for supposedly killing whales. It was a mix of free association, gleeful provocation and serious, world-changing intent.
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This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Donald the Deporter”
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