His inner motor is driven by the conviction that the bullies can’t be allowed to win.

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In particular, the counter-revolution against the post-war liberal consensus being led by Donald Trump inspires dread and fear.

His moves to override the courts and neuter Congress; his attacks on the whole notion of human rights and the rule of law enshrined in the UN Charter and international agreements induce a sense of dislocation and gloom.

As the New York Times’ Bret Stephens wrote last week, after the president had written a spiteful obituary to murdered film director Rob Reiner, suggesting he died because of his anti-Trump views, “our standards as a nation are being debased, our manners barbarized… I wonder if we are ever getting them back.”

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