Trump as Don Corleone: ‘Every time he does somebody a favour … he expects a quid pro quo’

🔴 Why This Matters - Claims of transactional power abuse suggest systemic threats to democratic institutions and rule of law.

Barbara McQuade’s book is a piercing exposé of how Trump is eroding democracy by turning the US into a mafia state “I believe in America.” So says Amerigo Bonasera, a humble funeral director, in the opening scene of the 1972 film The Godfather . As Barbara McQuade recounts at the start of her new book , Bonasera has come to the shadowy office of Vito Corleone to ask him to avenge a brutal attack on his daughter. Ultimately, Corleone ag

Source: The Guardian

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