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TORONTO — After three months of interminable comparisons between Doug Ford and Donald Trump, Monday brought us an unpleasant but useful reminder: The unusual politician seemingly poised to become Ontario’s next premier needs no foreign analogue. He is first, foremost and forever a Ford. He honed his political persona long before Trump honed his, and his family is central to it. Rob and Doug are a package deal even today, more than two years after Rob’s death.

And where Fords go, chaos follows. There are few surer things in life.

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Renata Ford, Rob’s widow, alleges in a $16.5-million lawsuit that Doug not only failed in his basic duties as executor of the estate, but purloined assets rightfully belonging to her and her children to prop up Deco, the Ford family’s adhesive label concern. She alleges Deco was catastrophically mismanaged by Doug and Randy Ford, the quiet brother in the cowboy hat: there was no business plan; they hired incompetent cronies and family members to fill positions that weren’t needed or for which they were unqualified; they made many ill-fated money-losing acquisitions; they neglected to obtain sound advice to compensate for their incompetence; and through it all they rewarded themselves with lavish salaries and perks.