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Just three weeks into Donald Trump\u2019s second term who would have ever thought the world would look to the U.S. president as a danger not just to his country, but the world. Granted everyone see him as a vindictive irrational look at me troll who doesn\u2019t seem to understand his place in the world. He has without question shocked democracies around the world with his egotistical get even attitude that has taken hold. But simply put Trump is on a revenge rant. He is punishing anyone he sees as a threat to his term using his office to take shots at political opponents, FBI agencies, prosecutors, media, journalists and at the same time pardoning the 1,500 convicted Capitol Hill rioters. At the same time, he withdrew the security clearance of… <\/p>\n

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Just three weeks into Donald Trump\u2019s second term who would have ever thought the world would look to the U.S. president as a danger not just to his country, but the world. Granted everyone see him as a vindictive irrational look at me troll who doesn\u2019t seem to understand his place in the world. He has without question shocked democracies around the world with his egotistical get even attitude that has taken hold. But simply put Trump is on a revenge rant. He is punishing anyone he sees as a threat to his term using his office to take shots at political opponents, FBI agencies, prosecutors, media, journalists and at the same time pardoning the 1,500 convicted Capitol Hill rioters. At the same time, he withdrew the security clearance of... <\/p>\n

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