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Demonstrators gather near the U.S. Capitol building during a 'No Kings' protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's policies, in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
He’s punished foes and elevated friends. He’s targeted Democratic-governed cities and states and rewarded Republican areas. He’s portrayed his rivals as un-American, communists and lunatics, and he celebrates his allies as patriots. He’s won a peace – for now – in the Middle East but is making war in the streets of the United States. He’s set back Iran’s nuclear program but is undermining the functioning of the programs of his own government.
But what also matters – what also sets U.S. President Donald Trump apart from his predecessors, many of whom he reviles – is what he hasn’t done. He hasn’t taken steps to brin