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When Trump calls someone a dog, he's tapping into ugly history

  • Written by Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, Associate Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, University of California San Diego
President Donald Trump talks with reporters during a visit with U.S. Army dog Conan.AP Photo/ Evan Vucci

The news was recently filled with stories about Trump’s praise for Conan, the Belgian Malinoisused to hunt Islamic State Group founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, alongside his vivid accounts of al-Baghdadi’s “death like a...

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