Former Bush administration official ominously warns Trump's presidency 'will probably end in calamity'

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A former Bush administration State Department counselor is sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump: "It will not get better," writes Eliot A. Cohen at The Atlantic. "It will get worse, as power intoxicates Trump and those around him."

The piece follows up President Trump's first week in office, which ended in widespread protests over an executive order banning legal U.S. residents from seven predominately Muslim countries from entering the United States. Cohen's outlook is grim:

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.