Donald Trump is the most un-American president in living memory

By Richard Wolffe

Since its earliest days, America has prided itself on having a government of laws, not of men.

The driving idea of John Adams was written into the Massachusetts constitution – the model for the United States, Japan, Germany, India and South Africa – as the best way to build a country free from tyranny.

If you can protect freedom, you can create more freedom for everyone. Or as Bono memorably put it more recently: “America is not just a country but an idea, a great idea of opportunity for all and responsibility to your fellow man.”

So where does that great American idea stand today, 17 months into its 45th presidency?

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