A couple of weeks ago, I overheard a heated conversation between two American luminaries. One man, who I shall call “Richard”, has served a former US president, but now holds private sector financial roles — and opposes Donald Trump.
The other, who I will call “Colin”, is a chief executive who criticised Trump last year but recently decided to help the president.
In normal times, Colin’s decision to co-operate would be unremarkable: most executives take it for granted that this is their patriotic duty. Not now. “You’re acting like a collaborator!” Richard told him. “You’re legitimising Trump!”
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