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It isn't Trump as a character, a human type—the real-estate type, the callow and callous killer capitalist—that outstrips the imagination. It is Trump as President of the United States.

Philip Roth on Trump

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<p>The New Yorker <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="got a quote" data-vars-click-url="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/philip-roth-e-mails-on-trump" data-vars-content-id="ad3988cd-67d8-44aa-bd35-3f13b609a68c" data-vars-headline="Philip Roth on Trump" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/philip-roth-e-mails-on-trump" target="_blank">got a quote</a> out of him:</p><blockquote>It isn&#x27;t Trump as a character, a human type—the real-estate type, the callow and callous killer capitalist—that outstrips the imagination. It is Trump as President of the United States.</blockquote><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

President Biden has made the COVID-19 crisis and a post-Trump return to national unity and traditional democratic ideals his top priorities. From vaccinations to stimulus to schools, Biden is seeking bipartisan compromise while showing a willingness to use executive authority and bare Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate to implement his policies. Republican leaders are navigating deep party divisions over if and how to move beyond former President Trump.

Philip Roth on Trump

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