In his incorrigible crassness, Donald Trump drowns out the signal of meaningful policy achievement with inconsequential noise. Photo: AFP In his incorrigible crassness, Donald Trump drowns out the signal of meaningful policy achievement with inconsequential noise. Photo: AFP
In his incorrigible crassness, Donald Trump drowns out the signal of meaningful policy achievement with inconsequential noise. Photo: AFP
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The problem with Donald Trump is not that he is crazy, but that he is crass

Niall Ferguson disagrees with the liberal view that the US president is mentally unstable or incompetent. He is just uncivil, and such behaviour is the norm in this age of declining civility

Topic |   Donald Trump
Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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In his incorrigible crassness, Donald Trump drowns out the signal of meaningful policy achievement with inconsequential noise. Photo: AFP In his incorrigible crassness, Donald Trump drowns out the signal of meaningful policy achievement with inconsequential noise. Photo: AFP
In his incorrigible crassness, Donald Trump drowns out the signal of meaningful policy achievement with inconsequential noise. Photo: AFP
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