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Douglas Douville: We need something besides GDP to measure progress

My conservative friends gave up defending Donald Trump’s character a long time ago. They say ignore his character as well as everything he says. “Just look at his accomplishments.”

Ignoring what he says is easy. Ignoring his character is difficult. Having a flawed, divisive president has hurt us on many levels.

Enough on that. Let’s look at his accomplishments. History will judge the wisdom of embracing Kim Jong Un, waging economic warfare on Iran, starting multiple trade wars and denying global warming. Yet, each of these has risks. Making nice with brutal dictators is a fool’s errand.