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Trump is not a European-style populist. That’s our problem

  • Written by Mabel Berezin, Professor of Sociology, Cornell University
imageAmerica is, once again, exceptional.AP Photos/Christophe Ena and Evan Vucci

Two days after the U.S. presidential election, Marine Le Pen – the leader of the right wing French National Front – tweeted out congratulations to Donald Trump.

During a controversial BBC interview that aired a few days later, Le Pen summed up how she believes...

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