No ‘strongman,’ Trump is besieged by institutions

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“Strongman.” “Autocrat.” Donald Trump, as president, would seize power, increase it and impose his will on the country, we were told throughout the campaign and since Election Day.

“That’s his way,” Hillary Clinton said on the campaign trail, “one person getting supreme power and exercising it ruthlessly.”

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