Faced with the George Floyd protests, the president wants to be seen as a strongman. What happens if he loses at the polls?
History teaches that mass protests against oppression can lead either to liberation or brutal repression.
This past week, Donald Trump bet his political future on repression. Much of the rest of America, on the other hand, wants to liberate black people from police brutality and centuries of systemic racism. As of this writing, it looks like Trump is losing and America winning, but the contest is hardly over.
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