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in a way we haven’t seen perhaps since Teddy Roosevelt.

This is not to suggest that Trump has found the magic key to guaranteed success. Bogota is obviously easier to manhandle into submission than, say, Moscow, while presidencies always look best in the first couple of weeks before unanticipated events take a hand.

Whatever happens, though, it’s almost certain that Trump is going to squeeze every ounce of power and influence out of his presidency.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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