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Can a fractured US survive the myth of Donald Trump’s election loss?
On January 6, when President Donald Trump’s supporters forced their way into the US Capitol building, killed a police officer and tried to stop the formal certification of the president’s re-election loss, one man stood among the Trump flags waving the banner of a different rebellion.The images of a Trump loyalist clutching a Confederate battle flag during an attack on the Capitol are likely to be among many from that day to define the Trump presidency after it ends at noon on Wednesday.But…