But as Alberta’s chronicle of the past decade makes clear, Trump’s origins are actually less metaphysical. At his inauguration, Trump surveyed the rusty hinterland of what used to be God’s own country and vowed that “this American carnage stops right here and stops right now”. Last week, Trump began attacking her, along with her sorority of ethnically diverse colleagues who are known as “the squad”, and invited them all to leave the country. The week Trump said jump – and Johnson asked 'How high?' • American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump by Tim Alberta is published by HarperCollins (£23.58).

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2019 06:00 UTC