Why do Democrats keep helping Trump?
The charges in Manhattan have boosted his political prospects by restoring him to his favourite role
“I bring out the worst in my enemies,” Roy Cohn, a ferocious red- and gay-baiting lawyer, once told William Safire, a conservative columnist, “and that’s how I get them to defeat themselves.” Donald Trump, for years Mr Cohn’s client and ardent pupil, has outdone his mentor: Mr Trump brings out the worst in everyone—enemy, ally and onlooker alike.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “White wail”
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