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    Character is destiny

    Oct 25, 2019 3 minutes
    By David French

    Throughout the 2016 presidential primaries and presidential campaign, those of us who were classified as “Never Trump” or “anti-Trump” conservatives repeated the same mantra, time and time again. Character is destiny. A man’s temperament, knowledge and integrity inevitably shape his conduct.

    While we have seen the consequences of Trump’s character throughout his presidency, no series of crises has demonstrated his profound flaws more thoroughly than the twin foreign policy scandals in Ukraine and Syria. All the character traits that

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