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When confronting the coronavirus, tough isn't enough

  • Written by Susanna Lee, Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Georgetown University
You can't threaten or humiliate a virus.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

When Donald Trump was running for president, he cultivated a tough-guy persona: tough on immigration, tough on crime and tough on America’s adversaries.

He never admitted having made a single mistake, nor did he ever apologize. Question him and face his...

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