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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      2. There are some Trump-specific reasons: the soft bigotry of low expectations ("he can read!"), also desire for false balance

      3 replies 46 retweets 221 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      3. Trump has had such a rocky start as President that many pundits grateful for chance to praise him, to show they are "fair"

      15 replies 45 retweets 215 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      4. But I think the deeper reason for Trump getting those plaudits is structural: the American presidency is a monarchal institution.

      7 replies 48 retweets 156 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      5.American constitution closely modelled on British system and President occupies same position as King: embodiment of nation.

      13 replies 23 retweets 112 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      6. John Adams wanted George Washington to be addressed as “His Majesty the President” or “His Highness"

      4 replies 17 retweets 70 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      7. “We elect a king for four years," William Seward, Secretary of State, 1868.

      4 replies 12 retweets 70 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      8. Trump is a court jester who has become King. He rose to power not by assuming legitimacy but by delegitimizing others ("crooked Hillary")

      6 replies 56 retweets 166 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      9. If the president is a king, then the Washington Press Corps ar usually courtiers. Their job is to attend on the king's words.

      7 replies 20 retweets 97 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      10. Like courtiers, many pundits live and die by access to the Monarch, they live on gossip and hunger for his nod of approval.

      3 replies 35 retweets 102 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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      11. These pundits right now are courtiers in search of a king. Hence gratitude for any sign of "presidential" behavior by Trump.

      4 replies 32 retweets 119 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017

      12. I pursue the argument here:https://newrepublic.com/article/141070/political-press-rushed-praise-trump-presidential …

      8:04 AM - 3 Mar 2017
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        1. La beauté est dans la rue‏ @ptrlawless 3 Mar 2017
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          Grooms of the Stool

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        1. Rachel Larris‏Verified account @RachelLarris 3 Mar 2017
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          I'll read this now...

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Mar 2017
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          13. One good thing that could come out of Trump era is that it could destroy forever monarchical mystique of the presidency.

          19 replies 42 retweets 181 likes
        3. c h a s‏ @scabeIIumpedum 3 Mar 2017
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          oh no it's going to be "the king is dead; long live the king"

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        1. J B X‏ @JimbauxsJournal 3 Mar 2017
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          That's a great explanation of why many who can't stand Trump couldn't bring themselves to vote for Hillary to stop him!

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