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After almost four years of Donald Trump in the White House, it has become all too easy to forget how abnormal his presidency has been — how many norms he has trampled, how many rules he has broken.
But the final stage of Trump’s reelection campaign is bringing all the strands of Trumpism to an unhinged crescendo.
In the last three weeks, the president has:
Publicly urged Attorney General William Barr to prosecute his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, and former President Barack Obama for purportedly spying on Trump’s 2016 campaign, although no evidence suggests they committed a crime. “These people should be indicted,” Trump said. “That includes Obama, and it includes Biden.”
Renewed his false claim that Democrats have rigged the presidential election.
Warned his followers…
— to bangordailynews.com
