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America’s Berlusconi

America’s previous businessman-presidents – Warren G. Harding and Herbert Hoover – held office too long ago to provide much guidance as to what Donald Trump will do when he takes over in January. There is, however, a recent European precedent: Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi.

LONDON – For the past couple of weeks, the world has been guessing at how US President-elect Donald Trump will behave in office and what policies he will pursue, following a long campaign full of contradictory statements. America’s previous businessman-presidents – Warren G. Harding and Herbert Hoover – were around too long ago to provide much guidance. There is, however, a recent European precedent: Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi.

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