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The firing of James Comey: Psychology helps explain what Trump got wrong

  • Written by Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics, Columbia University
imagePeople protest Comey's firing in Los Angeles on May 10, 2017. AP Photo/Reed Saxon

Why has President Trump failed to convince anyone other than his ardent supporters that he was justified in firing FBI Director James Comey? Even more, why did he fail to realize that the firing would call up strong objections, not only from Democrats, but from many...

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