1. Both, having committed criminal acts, are avoiding trial and possible imprisonment by virtue of their currently held high office, but fully cognizant that if either loses his re-election, the feared eventuality might become realized.   2. Both are self-portrayed leaders with global reach by meeting with  heads of nuclear-armed states; Trump, with Kim Jong…

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In a truly astonishing development, The Guardian is reporting that Trump aides hired an Israeli intelligence gathering firm to “get dirt” on individuals in the Obama administration who had helped to set up the Iran nuclear deal. Mark Townsend and Julian Borger write that, “People in the Trump camp contacted private investigators in May last…

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