The Insubordination of Trump Isn’t Treason. It’s Normal.

The president isn’t being subverted by the deep state — he’s being thwarted by bureaucracy.

Foreign Policy
Sep 7, 2018 · 8 min read
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By Peter Feaver

How normal is this? That is the question underlying thousands of conversations, hours of television and radio shoutfests, and scores of published commentaries — all trying to…

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