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It's a great coat.

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I'm watching the J Crew sales offers like a hawk and waiting for my chance.

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You can get anything made here in Korea

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This is, sadly, the most positive assessment I’ve seen. My hope is you’re right. I think the ideal is “medium bad” domestically that leads to Dems clobbering the GOP in 2&4 yrs. Hope the rest of the world can wait that long

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I am if nothing else, an optimist

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I do hope you are right.

From a European perspective, it is once again squeaky-bum time, though my eternal hope is that Trump's re-election might FINALLY be the kick Europe needs to start reforming seriously and start thinking strategically.

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Europe taking defense seriously? Hold on. I'm checking in on the Zeitenwende as we speak.

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The German coalition collapsing on the day of the US election was peak... something. So forget any strategic thinking from Europe's largest country for the next six months.

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Everything is coming together exactly as Macron had planned it

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Nov 10Liked by James

Your last paragraph reminded me of this piece:

https://hipcrime.substack.com/p/playing-russian-roulette-with-democracy

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I mean I think I'm more positive, in that I think in the long run institutions are harder to kill. But yeah.

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Nov 10·edited Nov 10Liked by James

Napoleon III all glitter no tegrity.

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This is the one of the most reassuring takes on the Trump Presidency, and certainly the only funny one. https://othermeans.io/p/the-unexpected-virtue-of-chaos

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Problem is Trump wants to purge the civil service

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