7 August 2020 - uncertain times 1

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Beirut

Donald Trump is not so bad. He’d have to be elected to about five terms before the U.S. became as messed up as Lebanon, a country so misgoverned that its capital is literally exploding. From the safely distant standpoint of a land that is merely teetering, the question is, what combination of corruption and incompetence is the true cause that we will never learn?

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