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    What Does the President Owe, and to Whom Does He Owe It?

    A special counsel can investigate criminal misconduct—but he can’t examine the bigger questions surrounding Donald Trump.
    by David Frum May 18, 2017 2 minutes
    Source: Jim Lo Scalzo / Getty

    For the chronically indebted businessman Donald Trump, it was a win every day the creditors did not foreclose on him.

    President Trump will manage the remainder of his presidency the same way.

    The appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel in the Trump-Russia matter will spell vexation in the medium term and may spell danger in the long term. But in the here and now—the next

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