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    A unilateralist and capricious president

    by Max Boot, Los Angeles Times Oct 19, 2017 3 minutes

    Remember all of the criticisms of President George W. Bush for his "unilateralism" in world affairs? And of President Barack Obama for his reliance on executive orders in domestic affairs? Some apologies are in order. President Donald Trump is outpacing them in his willingness to rule by fiat, disdaining any attempt to win the support of either Congress or America's allies. It turns out that when he claimed grandiloquently during the 2016 campaign "I alone can fix it" - meaning everything that ails America - he meant "I alone" literally.

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