Opinion | Trump’s new Gilded Age a reminder of America’s painful past
- Posted on February 11, 2025
- By South China Morning Post
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Opinion | Trump’s new Gilded Age a reminder of America’s painful past
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The US returning to the politics of the late 19th century raises the prospect of greater inequality, oligarchy, imperialism and conflict.