As always, you know a story is unambiguously horrible for Trump and gaining traction, because the NYT will structure the headline like a haiku or riddle

A lot of Americans, especially in positions of power, seem to think this country is somehow uniquely resilient to tyrants and demagogues. And that’s made us uniquely vulnerable to it.

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