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Donald Trump’s era of mafioso geopolitcs has begun

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Donald Trump turned away from America’s allies and aligned with autocrats at the UN. His strongman approach threatens to make the world more dangerous, and it also risks making America weaker too.

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Designated Director-General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), British physicist Mark Thomson poses for a portrait at the organization's offices in Meyrin, near Geneva.

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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

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