Politics

Why Voters Elected President Donald J. Trump—and Why They’ll Regret It

2016

Nearly 50 years of income stagnation explain why Americans went with a commander in chief obsessed with revenge.

David Cay Johnston
David Cay Johnston
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David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston

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