Article 6SF5Y Without the EU, the joke is on us if Trump gets his tariffs | William Keegan

Without the EU, the joke is on us if Trump gets his tariffs | William Keegan

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William Keegan
from on (#6SF5Y)

Stronger ties with the single market is the only way to stop the president-elect from having the last laugh

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron."

Those were the words of the great American journalist HL Mencken (in the Baltimore Evening Sun, 26 July 1920). The impending arrival back at the White House surely fulfils hisprophecy.

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