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<title><![CDATA[Michael D&apos;Antonio - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/31798.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael D&apos;Antonio]]></description><category domain="31798">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis Is Trying To Out-Trump Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/30/opinions/desantis-trumpism-2-0-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite his defeat in 2020, former President Donald Trump's incendiary style of politics is threatening to become the dominant strain in the GOP. For proof, look no further than the rise of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is shaping up to be one of Trump's potential GOP challengers in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Still Can't Give Up His Putin Fixation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/31/opinions/trump-putin-russia-fixation-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio writes former President Donald Trump is resorting to a desperate, yet painfully familiar strategy in a bid to hurt President Joe Biden. It seems Trump is only getting worse -- and closer to the extreme point where his gross insensitivity could make him politically...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump's Influence Is Fading]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/24/opinions/state-of-trump-influence-fading-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's clear the former President wants to shore up his standing within the party -- but taking in his efforts to stay relevant in the last year, it's safe to say his power is limited, writes Michael D'antonio.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nunes' New Job Is Out of Trump's Old Playbook]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/opinions/devin-nunes-trump-spac-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Devin Nunes is ditching his 19-year career in Congress to become the chief executive officer of a new media and technology company founded by former President Donald Trump. The story of Nunes and TMTG becomes easier to understand, Michael D'Antonio writes, when you consider Trump's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pence and McConnell Have a Donald Trump Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/27/opinions/pence-mcconnell-reelection-trump-2024-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio writes that former Vice Preisdent Mike Pence and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have run into a problem for the upcoming 2022 and 2024 elections -- namely, former President Donald Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Reeled In Over $100 Million, Televangelist Style]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/03/opinions/trump-100-million-dollars-televangelist-style-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio writes that thanks to former President Donald Trump channeling his inner televangelist and selling his supporters the hope of saving American politics, his political organizations are now sitting on nearly $102 million in donations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Reason Trump Keeps Telling the Big Lie]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/opinions/donald-trump-big-lie-attention-seeker-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio writes that though the latest books on Donald Trump's presidency vary in style, they share one common theme relevant to America's immediate political future: Trump has an insatiable desire for attention and will continue to sink to whatever depths are necessary to keep...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's 'Book of All Books' Undoubtedly a Work of Fiction]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/22/opinions/trump-book-autobiography-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio writes that former President Donald Trump's book, which he claims to be furiously writing, will break with the norm of presidential autobiographies by relying on fiction more than fact.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and His Crazies Aren't Done With Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/03/opinions/trump-not-done-with-us-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's important to stay on guard because the bar has now been lowered: we know that a pronouncement from Trump -- like his assertion about being]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Dominance Spells Trouble for Republican Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/opinions/trump-return-gop-opinion-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Others have said it, but since top Republicans haven't taken it to heart, the message bears repeating: With all due respect, you've got to quit Donald Trump. For your own sake, and the country's, cancel your reservations at Mar-a-Lago. Block his number. And whatever you do, don't fall...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Trump Policy Institute? Heaven Help Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/opinions/trump-america-first-policy-institute-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio writes that the recently-launched America First Policy Institute is perfectly named to lean on Donald Trump's campaign catchphrase, but is built on a shaky foundation apparently intended to offer insiders a chance to get paid for spreading Trump's populist message.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Ridiculous Exit Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/21/opinions/trump-oval-office-transition-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio writes that President Donald Trump is gearing up for Biblical-level drama in the last days of his presidency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Scare Campaigns Play With Our Emotions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/opinions/trump-marketing-mastermind-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A lifelong pitchman, Donald Trump is astoundingly adept at capturing attention by playing with emotion to sell himself as the answer to the problem at hand, writes Michael D'Antonio.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Dems Have Been a Bulwark for Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/27/opinions/trump-sink-to-new-depths-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio writes that more reasonable commander-in-chief would absorb the lesson in the humiliation of impeachment, realize]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Brought This Upon Himself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/opinions/trump-impeachment-fault-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the few indisputable facts of Donald Trump's impeachment is that he would not now stand in disgrace but for his own heedless behavior and his commitment to never apologizing and never backing down.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump's Ego-Driven Presidency Has Brought Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-donald-trump-show-20190707-wma7ktor6vae5ogzbwkkmbyufy-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As he prepared to desecrate Independence Day, Donald Trump promised the show of a lifetime. It was, instead, a pale imitation of the marshal displays mustered by the world's dictators combined with a poorly-delivered speech that was riddled with basic errors. Rather than the show of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Having Divided Us, Trump Cannot Unite Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/24/opinions/trump-cannot-unite-us-opinion-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In President Donald Trump's brief remarks Wednesday about bombs mailed to prominent Democrats who stand in opposition to him, and to the media organization Trump has repeatedly demonized, he did the least a President could do.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trumpism Is Winning - and It's Terrifying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/opinions/brett-kavanaugh-victory-for-trumpism-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To many, Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the US Supreme Court is not just a victory for President Donald Trump, but for Trumpism at large. And it is this fact that unsettles so much of the nation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Mike Pence Is Such a Sycophant]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pence believes that God has a plan for him, and if that plan requires him to temporarily abandon his principles as well as his dignity, so be it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Comey's Description of Trump as Mob Boss Is Apt]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/trump-mob-mentality-article-1.3932779</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Tapes? Trump Has Us Through the Looking Glass]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/opinions/trump-in-wonderland-comey-tapes-dantonio-opinion/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Given his own tendency to underestimate opponents and Comey's track record of integrity, Donald Trump should have known better than to bluff about the existence of tapes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eric Trump Shows Cluelessness Runs in the Family]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/opinions/eric-trump-clueless-opinion-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael D'Antonio writes that Eric Trump follows in his father's footsteps with his remark: Democrats in Washington]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump's Privilege Makes Him Blind to Bigotry]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/25/opinions/trump-privilege-problem-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why is President Donald Trump widening divisions, not healing them? His failure to recognize his prejudices comes from being isolated by wealth and power, Michael D'Antonio says.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump: Improviser in Chief]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/11/opinions/trump-is-improviser-in-chief-dantonio/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If his 40-year career is any indication, then we should expect to see more of Trump acting on instinct and improvising as he settles into the presidency, writes Michael D'Antonio]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Campaign Is Damaging His Brand]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/donald-trump-2016-brand-business-213515</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael D&apos;Antonio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Donald Trump is nothing else, he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an American brand. The Trump name adorns luxury condominiums, hotels and golf courses around the world; it has sold a TV show, millions of books, a line of cologne and even, briefly, an airline.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' And that brand, according new data published...]]></description>
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