Portions of this editorial were originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and distributed by The Associated Press.

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A great many Americans today wonder, with good reason, whether America’s democracy can survive Donald Trump’s presidency.

Now it’s becoming increasingly clear that another question everyone should be asking is whether America can afford Trump’s presidency.

The latest stunt from the most self-dealing president in U.S. history is astonishing even from him: Trump is suing the Justice Department for $230 million as compensation for the federal investigations into his campaign’s relationship with Russia before his first term and his hoarding of classified documents after that term.

This even as regular Americans are reeling under Trump’s cruel funding cuts and ob

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