Author Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic has spent years studying how figures in Washington secure power and hold on to it – often regardless of the outcome of any particular election. The Atlantic's latest issue is making some headlines of its own, with its wordless cover suggesting the peril to American institutions that may be in store in a second Trump term. Leibovich's new article is titled "Hypocrisy, Spinelessness and the Triumph of Donald Trump."
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