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Trump Clinches Nomination

Calvin Trillin

June 2, 2016

Donald Trump announces his 2016 campaign for president during an event at Trump Tower in New York.(Reuters / Brendan McDermid)

The comics used to say of Trump, “His childish boasts, his hair, his money Will surely give us lots of laughs.” But now, alas, he’s not so funny.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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