'With Trump, the Founding Fathers' belief in the exemplary nature of US presidents has been lost'
- Posted on July 4, 2026
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'With Trump, the Founding Fathers' belief in the exemplary nature of US presidents has been lost'
COLUMN. The US president has broken with the moral constraints that weighed on his predecessors. As the US prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, pessimism has prevailed in the country, writes Le Monde columnist Gilles Paris.
