Government

Lab Report: Is Trump America's Mayor?

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America’s mayor? Politico Mag compares Donald Trump’s “grandstanding, room-filling, blow-dried” style of governing to that of a city mayor more than a nation’s president, comparing him to three mayors past and questioning why he didn’t go for City Hall instead of the White House. The magazine writes:

See also: Politico also profiles “the president of the United Mayors of America”: Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans, elected leader of the U.S. mayors conference and … possible dark-horse presidential candidate for 2020?