‘What happened to your country?’: The poisoned well of the Trump era
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The smaller SUV bounced along one of Washington’s lots of pothole-scarred streets as dusk set in when its driver asked a easy but complex problem.
“What took place to your country?” the Lyft driver, who discovered himself as Patrick, requested this columnist as we locked eyes in his rearview mirror.
Born and lifted in Kenya, Patrick described on the night of Sept. 10 that he emigrated to the United States three many years in the past. Back then, and till a handful of yrs ago, he stated, he was able to have an understanding of American politics and lifestyle — even as it underwent inevitable adjustments.
An affable fellow with a hearty snicker and thin black eyeglasses, Patrick listened as the Donald Trump yrs — which I lined up near as CQ Roll Call’s White Household correspondent — were being summarized from the backseat. He […]
