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Trump Needs an Intervention

Experienced advisers haven’t been able to offset the president’s excesses. Now, it’s up to Republican lawmakers.
Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

The District of Columbia—and much of the rest of America—will grind to a halt on Thursday when fired FBI director James Comey takes the stand to testify before the U.S. Senate. —and, more importantly, the investigation being led by special counsel Robert Mueller—will cast a shadow over this presidency and its prospects for success. But for me, this past fortnight has been the most worrying of this presidency for what it says about the judgement and decision-making of the president himself. And America’s elected officials cannot wait for

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