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4 dimensions of Trumpery

+ The post-Wall era and Germany's choice

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Timothy Garton Ash
Feb 09, 2025
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History of the Present (week ending 9 February 2025)

Westdämmerung? (Author’s photo, Bavarian Alps)

There's an amusing novel by Adam Mars-Jones in which The Queen (Elisabeth II, that is) gets rabies and everyone around her tries to carry on as if she’s behaving normally and rationally. Her Majesty is just being a little eccentric, you know.

I kept thinkin…

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