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Trump Demands the Worst of Us

A deal with the devil comes due.

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Pedro L. Gonzalez
Feb 08, 2026
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There is a line I used to hear people on the right use in reference to Donald Trump, typically as a way to cope with his awful moral character: “He fights.” It’s a reference to Abraham Lincoln’s defense of Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War amid attacks from detractors.

“I can’t spare this man; he fights,” Lincoln said of Grant. “I’ll tr…

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