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The appeal of an American Caesar
Right-wing intellectuals are assembling a toolkit of executive actions for Donald Trump.
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Former US president Donald Trump would resume office as an American Caesar with a ready-made toolkit of executive actions, says the writer.
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Edward Luce
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One side of America or the other is going to win, says Samuel Alito, the conservative US Supreme Court justice. “Don’t get angry, get even,” says his wife Martha-Ann Alito.
By unorthodox means, the couple have become unlikely mascots of US authoritarianism. Some, like the Alitos, want their country restored to godliness. Others want to derail America’s “woke” elite. All put faith in Donald Trump as their cause’s imperfect vessel.
