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title: "If Trump had been in charge during World War II, this column would be in German"
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author: "Stefan Grund"
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  - "usa"
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# If Trump had been in charge during World War II, this column would be in German

[Link →](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/15/if-trump-had-been-charge-during-world-war-ii-this-column-would-be-german/)

> One day he says the war is already won; the next day that we will just have to accept the occupation of France because that’s the way life is.

> Trump \[…\] cannot focus on a single subject for the length of a paragraph. So it is no surprise that he has already gotten bored with a war against the coronavirus that isn’t going his way.

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