Rambling Trump calls an emergency in speech that goes on and on and on

Trump’s White House screed was him at his Trumpiest – the old man at the bar sounding off about the world’s ills

There was no martial music, no armed guards snapping to attention, no ominous threats of arrest or worse from an iron-willed authoritarian. When Donald Trump awarded himself emergency powers on Friday, it was with an all too familiar mix of falsehoods, fearmongering and shoutouts to his favourite rightwing broadcasters.

It may have left some observers wondering which is worse.

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