By Invitation | The American election

A big donor says Joe Biden’s team has gone all Trumpian

The president is deluding himself. Democrats are better than that, says Ari Emanuel

Illustration: Dan Williams

STOP ME IF this sounds familiar. A president warns of an existential threat and says he alone can fix it. His advisers blithely deny facts that everyone can see with their own eyes and cover up health scares. His supporters reject all criticism and instead demand his opponents be imprisoned.

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