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Irish writer Colm Tóibín addresses what Trump has shown the world about Americans, and Americans about themselves:
"Tóibín believes Trump has indelibly tarnished the idea of the US as the so-called land of the free. 'America can never really lift its head again,' he says."
Colm Tóibín on a post-Trump world: ‘America has a stain on its soul’
The Booker Prize-winning author of ‘Brooklyn’ is not one for parties, preferring to spend his time either at home or in the library. He speaks with Claire Allfree about his hermit lifestyle, his new collection of short stories – and the irreversible damage done by Donald Trump’s presidency to America’s legacy
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