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The greatest showman on earth

A couple of years ago, I began an interview with Congresswoman Maxine Waters by asking her if she'd ever seen a president like Donald Trump. "President? I've never seen a human being like Donald Trump," she retorted.

Trump is, indeed, sui generis, one of a kind. There's never been anyone else like him. That's what everybody says, and that's what I thought. Until I picked up a copy of "Barnum: An American Life," a new biography of the

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