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The once and future president?

23 July 2023

10:23 AM

23 July 2023

10:23 AM

Donald Trump is having a better year than Joe Biden, notwithstanding an indictment or two.

Both men hold commanding leads in the race for their parties’ presidential nominations. But the comparison works to Trump’s benefit: he isn’t quite an incumbent, while President Biden most definitely is.

Not since George H.W. Bush in 1992 has an incumbent president faced a challenge within his own party as serious as the one Biden faces from Robert F.

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