These election results prove that when it comes to the US, Donald Trump is no anomaly

08 November 2020 - 00:00 By barney mthombothi

The US is like that exemplary family in the neighbourhood, known and admired for its civility and decency, which one day suddenly gets involved in a squalid brawl in public that is laced with all sorts of insults. Neighbours gawk at the spectacle over the fence, stunned and amused...

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