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As Trump tours Asia, democracy’s ideals aren’t on the agenda
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US President Donald Trump represents a shut-down federal government and an ever-deepening American political divide.
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Katie Rogers, Erica L. Green, Javier C. Hernández and Choe Sang-Hun
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TOKYO – The durability of the American experiment has been tested in the nine months since US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with institutions from Congress to the judiciary struggling or declining to check his aggressive attempts to flout the law and expand his power.
During Mr Trump’s latest trip abroad, on a six-day sojourn through Asia, he has launched, fists pumping, onto the world stage, chasing a trade deal with China and compelling several other Asian governments to sign economic agreements.
