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To avoid confusion, I agree entirely with Pierre Trudeau’s contention that a society that emphasizes uniformity is one which creates intolerance and hate.

Donald Trump is a man temperamentally unfit to be President of the United States of America — a bully whose “win-lose” philosophy threatens peace and stability around the globe.

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Americans are far more likely to die from lightning, lawnmowers and armed toddlers than Islamic jihadists, so his pledge to get tough on terror by imposing a 90-day ban on travel by citizens of seven Muslim countries makes little sense, like breaking a butterfly on a wheel.

But while Trump is truculent, he is also transparent.

He was elected, in part, on this nonsensical policy and there is every prospect that it will collapse under the weight of its own contradictions. It is blatantly racist, judging people on their race and religion, rather than their actions. Even his vice-president has called it unconstitutional. Republicans who have to face voters in mid-term elections in two years will, surely to God, curb Trump’s more noxious enthusiasms in the meantime.