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'What goes around comes around,' or what Greek mythology says about Donald Trump

  • Written by Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University Newark
imageDonald Trump's helicopter landing at the White House, Oct. 5, as he returns from being hospitalized at Walter Reed.Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images

It’s hard to process the news of the president’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis without having recourse to some kind of mythological system, some larger frame of reference.

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