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Trump surrounds himself with sycophants. It’s a terrible way to run a business – and a country

Written by Neil Beasley, PhD Candidate in Business and Law, Liverpool John Moores University

Since the start of his second term in office, US president Donald Trump has cultivated a political atmosphere that discourages freedom of thought. He also actively villainises and punishes any dissenting opinion. Worryingly, this atmosphere looks like it is spreading across other democracies.

Commentators have described Trump as both narcissistic a...

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