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So in the first two months of 2026, Donald Trump…

…has kidnapped the sovereign of one country and murdered the sovereign of another country. It doesn’t matter that these sovereigns were bad people. Our sovereign is a bad person too, but there are good reasons to think there should be prohibitions on some countries kidnapping and murdering the sovereigns of other countries based on their judgment that they are bad people. What this will unleash is anyone’s guess, but it is unlikely to be good.

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