Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2016, November, New York Times Interview (November 23, 2016)
“[A] phony standard... from Medieval England... says that you are thrown out of court if you don't have a specific interest... that usually now means an economic interest... a corporation that might lose sales, for example.”
"American Mythology and the Loss of Democracy" (2018)
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