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The Conman Abroad: How the World Sees Trump More Clearly Than We Do

Japan’s Shinji Aguma delivers a brutal truth Americans still ignore:Trump isn’t a negotiator, he’s an extortionist. And while foreign leaders brace for his chaos, the U.S. media keeps feeding the myth

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Mary Geddry
Apr 18, 2025
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While tens of millions of Americans still treat Donald Trump like some misunderstood patriot-warrior, part martyr, part messiah, the rest of the world sees him clearly for what he is: a petty, erratic, blustering extortionist with all the depth of a used car salesman and the impulse control of a vengeful toddler. And nowhere was that more evident than t…

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