Donald Trump’s Revenge Fantasies

“What began as a rally chant in 2016—‘lock her up’—has morphed into a broader threat of revenge,” writes Olly Wiseman for The Free Press. (Illustration by The Free Press, images via Getty)
The former president says he wants to punish his political rivals. Does he mean it?
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Who would be the most important person in a second Trump administration other than the president? Given the global disorder, you might think the answer would be the secretary of state. Or, given Trump’s age, he would be the oldest person to be sworn in as president—perhaps it would be his vice president, J.D. Vance.
That’s not how Vance sees it. He rece…
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