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brooklynite

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Mon Feb 26, 2018, 08:09 AM Feb 2018

Donald Trump, a 1950s man [View all]

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Source: Axios

In this era of drones and driverless cars, President Trump often sounds and feels like a man from the bygone days of station wagons and smokestacks.

"He feels he’s the personification of the American dream. ... That means building things, going back to the era of his dad. He assumes the rest of the country pines for that. " — A source close to President Trump

The source added: "He's not necessarily saying we need to go back to the past. He's saying we need ... the principles that made us successful in the past."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-worldview-past-success-1950s-china-4e778596-522e-43f8-9fdb-3235c0568427.html

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