The crime rate is high in parts of Washington, D.C. People are unhappy and frightened, and it is the responsibility of government to do something.

The U.S. military should absolutely not be patrolling the streets of American cities.

Both these things can be true at the same time.

Twenty years ago, any Democrat who talked critically about the United States was quickly labeled by the Republicans as anti-American and unpatriotic. Any kind of self-reflection or self-criticism regarding problems within the U.S. was politically off-limits.

But on this, as on so many things we thought we understood, the tables have clearly turned.

From his campaign kick-off screed about immigrants, and the now infamous “American Carnage” inaugural address, President Donald Trump has made it the stock-in-trad

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