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Trump Needs a Safe Space

A modest proposal for building the president a bubble of denial, so the rest of us can get on with our lives
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More than a week after losing the presidential election to Joe Biden, Donald Trump continues to proclaim victory and stall the transition. Some White House advisers profess (“privately”) to be nudging Trump toward a concession—so far with no success. It’s time to think differently about how to ease the president into a new reality.

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